Example sentences of "if i [verb] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 It seems that I pay an extremely small price for a program from the supplier , and that I also have to pay the author if I wish to use it .
2 If I wish to maximise my impact on improving human life , I can do so best by putting my effort into activities I know are unlikely to take place otherwise and into small-scale ventures where I can actually see results for my efforts .
3 But if I wish to enjoy myself dabbling in cooking or in playing the stock exchange then I should try and form my own judgment .
4 At Martin Brundle 's lunch in London I discovered that Maurice Hamilton had been the Mastermind question-setter and he reported that if I thought answering them was hard , he had found setting them a good deal harder .
5 And then if I please to reach him a hand and pick him up again , he shall know and acknowledge to whom he owes it , and walk more humbly thereafter .
6 ‘ But would n't it be better if I came to see her , just to meet her , so that she knows who you 're with ? ’
7 The trouble was I chose the wrong product if I hoped to make myself a fortune .
8 If I managed to get it home with the help of a cabbie we must be able to move it between the two of us .
9 Ay , I I 've I 've said that to them I said well you might have , if I take to work you 'll certainly hear some they said tha well if that 's common usage words that 's what it has to be and words that we never use at all that are in dictionaries and nobody ever uses them , they want to know common ordinary speech words that we use .
10 If I got stopped I 'm grabbing Albert and he 's coming down to get changed too !
11 ‘ You think I would change my opinion if I got to know you better ? ’ he asked in a voice like velvet .
12 If I got to have it done , I 'll go back to the place I was before , back down the Duke 's Ferry Road .
13 I 'll like it even more if I get to see it live against Glentoran .
14 that and then , you know like if I get inundated I can let Jim do some .
15 If I get recognised it means the group are doing summat , but you know I can quite happily get through the day without getting recognised … ’
16 If I get recognised it means the group are doing summat , but you know I can quite happily get through the day without getting recognised … ’
17 If I get married I will definitely give prostitutes up as I take marriage seriously and think it would be very insulting to a woman .
18 Then if I get caught I just get a caution and that 's it .
19 Michael , if I 'd lost him I 'd have gone out to look for him — he died . ’ ’
20 On the other hand , if I 'd lost I could have gone home quicky . ’
21 Mick added : ‘ I was pretty proud , but if I 'd cooked it , I 'd have been eating pumpkin pie all year . ’
22 If I 'd met you earlier the fact that I 'm married would have made it impossible for me to take off and fly with you like this .
23 If I 'd met you three years ago , ’ he told her harshly , ‘ maybe things would have been different .
24 Indeed , in the interval of a gig on his 1986 UK tour , a disgruntled punter was heard to remark : ‘ If I 'd wanted something this cerebral on a Friday night , I 'd ‘ ve stayed at home and read Proust . ’
25 He 'd have got me the moon out of the sky if I 'd wanted it . ’
26 I 'm applying for the R.C.M. I had a place there if I 'd wanted it , three four years ago , but I did n't go .
27 But then should I also have said that Oliver rang up the next day and asked if I 'd liked them ?
28 They 're one point eight G L Estate F reg , four thousand , two hundred , that 's A B C D E , five year 's difference , done four thousand , two hundred , two , eight hundred quid , well actually it 's , our cars worth over a grand if I 'd sprayed it up and put it on the market
29 I could n't have got the same effect if I 'd fictionalised them . ’
30 If I 'd followed my own path , I 'd probably have done something like that [ arts ] .
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