Example sentences of "if [pron] [was/were] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah er attractive , anyway what was I saying , I was talking to her and she said that she 'd had a talk with Foxy and Foxy had said excuse me , and I just felt I just felt so paranoid because she was saying , talking about all the , how he 'd never been faithful to anyone and how , and I really did feel , would n't you feel awful if everyone was saying oh Sal , yeah , Sal , Sal 's making a real effort but but no she said |
| 2 | It seemed as if everyone was going to conform to this funeral except him . |
| 3 | What would happen to us all if everyone were to behave like you ? |
| 4 | For the user it is as if everyone were signed on to the same LAN . |
| 5 | She forecast that if nothing were done , violence would erupt . |
| 6 | Then says Mr. Daniel , ‘ Yes , but that is a future consideration and a future consideration , if nothing were done under it or nothing was proved to be done , would fail . ’ |
| 7 | He believed that if nothing were done about filling in the quarry , another tragedy would happen there . |
| 8 | When I asked my mother what she was doing , she replied : ‘ I thought if nothing were to come of your relationships , I could cut them out of the photographs ! ’ |
| 9 | Its smartly dressed citizens go about their business as if nothing was happening . |
| 10 | I filled it up and I was walking out the door as if nothing was happening and got arrested . |
| 11 | He was down and sometimes it seemed as if nothing was going to shake him out of it , apart from a laugh at someone else 's expense or a shared moment of despair . |
| 12 | It might be helpful if I were to outline briefly the history of the STUCC and of the Government 's thinking on this matter . |
| 13 | If I were trying to keep things straight , I should have told Stuart about Oliver 's appearance at the door and what I did with his flowers . |
| 14 | … why am I writing all this out as if I were trying to assimilate myself to her ? |
| 15 | If I were to ask a school-teacher to choose for me a sample which she considered to be a fair cross-section of her pupils so that I could interview them for a survey , there would almost certainly be a personal bias in the sample given to me . |
| 16 | If I were to ask you if you could come to dinner tonight and you replied ‘ Yes ’ or ‘ No ’ , my wife and I could plan accordingly . |
| 17 | If I were to ask you for your address , what would you do ? |
| 18 | I have reason to believe that if I were to ask you the time you would n't be able to accommodate me . |
| 19 | If I were to ask him , the answer would be — ’ |
| 20 | And if I were to put it , If you have an opportunity of two sites and the development of one is capable of causing damage to existing characteristics and the other is not , would you go for the the one which would not cause damage rather than the one which would , or would you willy-nilly plump for either ? |
| 21 | If I were to put it in er stewed apples or something I would n't eat the actual ginger but in a casserole , it 's nice . |
| 22 | My mother does n't cook very much food , and if I were to cook my own she would see that as greed and put a stop to it . |
| 23 | Some of you er may take it amiss if I were to describe you as veterans but my by contrast , this is my first annual public meeting and not just as chairman . |
| 24 | Far , far away I could hear the slow , grinding sounds of traffic — but muffled , as if I were wearing earplugs . |
| 25 | If I were wearing a next-to-nothing nightie and he was sitting on my bed , I 'd be having serious trouble breathing too ! |
| 26 | Now if I were wearing suspenders and silk — ’ |
| 27 | If I were to die , she thought , there is nobody to find me , perhaps for days and weeks , for we do not have visitors , and my mother would die too , of fright or starvation or a broken limb , after her voice gave out in screaming , and she tried to struggle from the bed . |
| 28 | Well I have n't given it much thought but er if I were to die I would n't want my wife and family to suffer . |
| 29 | Well I feel that er protecting my income if I were to die would be the most important thing at the moment and er possibly er making some provision for my retirement . |
| 30 | If I were diagnosed as having an incurable disease I would go home and be looked after by my dad , who 's a doctor . |