Example sentences of "if [pers pn] [vb past] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " I could n't have a worse offer if I lived to be a hundred . |
| 2 | Something which , if I lived to be two hundred years old then went and announced it at St Paul 's Cross , would rock the very throne of England and scandalise the courts of Europe ! |
| 3 | If I wished to be cruel about the discussion this far , I would suggest that it has the evasive character of much comparative writing . |
| 4 | I 'd go mad if I had to be tidy as well as everything else . |
| 5 | and there was another one across the way and she was deteriorating , she was getting nervous right there , see if I had to be brought away you know |
| 6 | On orders from the new Earl , my visits to the house were to be permitted only if I agreed to be supervised . |
| 7 | MY later visits to Althorp were allowed only if I agreed to be supervised |
| 8 | I could go to chapel if I agreed to be confirmed when I was older . |
| 9 | I must also apologize if I seemed to be trying to put you off them . |
| 10 | If I wanted to be pretentious , I might call this paper an investigation of the sociology of literature . |
| 11 | Before I could say , ‘ You bastards ’ , they were specks in the mist as I huddled from the blizzard behind a boulder wondering if I wanted to be sick yet . |
| 12 | If I wanted to be happy I should have avoided the pub altogether , or at least had nothing stronger than mineral water . |
| 13 | I was at the Edward II wrap party and someone asked me if I wanted to be in a film . |
| 14 | A deaf therapist said : ‘ They felt that if I wanted to be on the course , I 'd got to manage the same as everyone else . |
| 15 | If I wanted to be a doctor or a lawyer , I could be one tomorrow . |
| 16 | Beatrice described his assaults in her fluent , showy style , the nights when Modigliani came home drunk : ‘ If I happened to be drunk too , there was a great scene ! |
| 17 | He would burst into the office singing , and if I happened to be there he would rush over and ruffle my hair , and exclaim , ‘ Here she is , the wee lassie ! |
| 18 | Well it was a town then but since then it 's been made a city , you see , and I got to know all kinds of people and one gentleman came in there , used to come every evening and write a book and er , I used to look after him if I happened to be that end and er , you see , and then he 'd say , oh just an exchange you know about the weather and just in general thing and then I 'd leave him and he 'd get on with his writing and one day he said to me . |
| 19 | ‘ The best of it was that the farmer — Mr Harris — said that if I proved to be right , he 'd call me in again , especially as Mr Jarvis had said that my fees were moderate . |
| 20 | She sighed shudderingly , momentarily glad of the shadows of the cave , even if she longed to be out of it . |
| 21 | She had guessed it would look better — more disarming — not to be carrying a bag ; as if she expected to be out only for a short time . |
| 22 | Hugh was nearest to her , and if she arranged to be on the side of his wounded arm she thought it would be easy to get away . |
| 23 | Susan felt the gesture as if it had barely lapsed — felt his hand on the nape of her neck , the gentle pull that turned her face up to his — and she cried out , almost as if she hoped to be heard . |
| 24 | He would not have liked it if she seemed to be saying that they could get away any time they wanted to . |
| 25 | ‘ He was a great poet , ’ I said , as if she needed to be told . |
| 26 | His girlfriend , a dealer too , would give him a bored hard look , if she happened to be around . |
| 27 | Madeleine was his sole reason for wanting to return to England — although naturally he 'd love to see Alice if she happened to be in London . |
| 28 | Maybe , if she appeared to be unruffled by his underhand behaviour , Luther would seek other means by which to destroy her peace of mind . |
| 29 | ‘ Because Stapleton thought that she would be very much more useful to him if she appeared to be a free woman . ’ |
| 30 | She looked at him coolly , unsure if she wanted to be used in this way . |