Example sentences of "if [pron] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 If … if everyone had their rights I should be legal mistress of this place now .
2 Of course , if everyone knew their partners inside out , there 's a good chance no-one would ever plight their troth .
3 ‘ The way I see it , if everyone knew what they wanted , the TV would never have been invented , the car would never have been invented , the plane would never have been invented or ‘ Led Zeppelin II ’ would never have come out because no one liked ‘ Led Zeppelin I ’ .
4 ‘ You remember you said it was easy to get a book published if everyone knew your name ? ’
5 The girls screamed ; some gritted their teeth , others stayed cool as if nothing worried them .
6 If you twitched a horses lip or ear that happens , I would really like to see if I twitched your ear .
7 If I believed you , ’ said Ludovico da Bologna , ‘ I would be the happiest man in Nicosia .
8 ‘ It would satisfy me , ’ replied Marc , ‘ if I believed you . ’
9 In newspapers I 've been called bland and ‘ smoothy-chops ’ so often that it almost goes over my head now , and people go on about my baggy eyes as if I made them that way myself — which I suppose I did , in a way .
10 ‘ I would n't admit a mistake even if I made one , ’ Davis said .
11 Meursault : If I made you suck my cock , this would be political .
12 ‘ I 'm sorry if I made you jump , son . ’
13 I thought that if I made you realise how strongly I felt you might decide you feel the same . ’
14 well any way look , if I made you a thin bit of steel straight across the centre like that
15 I soon realized that if I made it a bit spicy , I 'd get more than threepence for it , so I used to make up limericks , things like ,
16 It 's not really enough the way it is , it would n't fit on the bag if I made it any more ! .
17 ‘ Dearest Belinda ’ er … , no , I know , Belinda 's into poetry ; it 'd really impress her if I made my note into a poem !
18 but if I thought we were coming back , I 'd get myself a little car .
19 I says no I ca n't , he says it 's not very far , I said it 's not the distance that bothers me it 's the fact that you want us to sit there till eleven o'clock at night and not get paid for it , he says yeah but if you want to say something , I says I 'd say something if I thought we 'd be backed on it , but we 're not , oh I 'm not going anywhere to be if I 'm not being paid
20 I did like Esmerelda ( even if I thought her name was a bit soppy ) and played with her a lot when she came to stay .
21 I shrugged , as if I thought them honourable scars to be gained in my lady 's service .
22 I was in no mood to stop , and continued past as if I thought they wanted to film me from behind .
23 If I thought they were doing anything wrong to Lesley I could n't say anything because she 'd get it , I would n't get it .
24 She said well at least I , you know she said if I thought they 'd get only pass I would n't put them in .
25 I reminded her that , since she would be doing this under hypnosis , it was still possible to use the detachment technique if I thought she was becoming distressed in any way .
26 Often , I would n't bother to try things on — I 'd look at the price tag and think ‘ I 've got to have this , ’ especially if I thought it was a ‘ bargain ’ I might not see again .
27 ‘ I would n't be involved with so many stations if I thought it might , ’ Luke told her drily .
28 I 've always I 've always felt If I thought it was necessary then that 's the end of it er as far as I know .
29 ‘ I would , ’ she retorted , ‘ if I thought it was worth my while spending the money .
30 ‘ I would go myself if I thought it would serve any purpose to be killed before a blow had been struck .
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