Example sentences of "if [pron] was [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 | Its smartly dressed citizens go about their business as if nothing was happening . |
| 4 | I filled it up and I was walking out the door as if nothing was happening and got arrested . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It was fascinating , I felt as if I was learning about another world . |
| 7 | If I was learning about time , I was also learning about my legs . |
| 8 | ‘ I said that if I was turfed out by the trade union vote I would see Neil Kinnock and we would then both issue a statement afterwards , ’ he said . |
| 9 | We began to discuss what should be done and how I would manage to support the children , and if , from time to time , I had the feeling that something was wrong , it was only in a distant , elusive way , as if I was listening to someone playing a piano on the other side of the road and hearing occasionally , but only occasionally , a wrong note . |
| 10 | If I was traced , he would certainly remember me … . |
| 11 | And I suppose , I mean if I was to answer the question was it a good thing I would have to say no . |
| 12 | It was almost as if I was intended to see that they were not really supernatural ; and there was Conchis 's cryptic , doubt-sowing advice that it would be easier if I pretended to believe . |
| 13 | Did n't want Mrs Fry knowing about Chris , the way she felt about boyfriends , not if I was bringing Vern along . |
| 14 | Notice how this is beautifully covered with my fingerprints now which it would n't be if I was handling it properly . |
| 15 | At one point I felt as if I was drifting slowly across a huge , vivid moviescreen , so large I could n't see its edges . |
| 16 | Okay , wh with regards to , if I was teaching this next year to the first years , what changes would you recommend I make ? |
| 17 | I did n't know if I was hearing right . |
| 18 | If I was to spend race day reporting as a spectator , then the least I could do was arrive early and attempt the course myself . |
| 19 | I needed a shower and a change of clothes and if I was meeting Werewolf and Sorrel in Vecchio Reccione 's it was wisest to leave Armstrong behind . |
| 20 | I do n't know if I was drinking really heavy then , but I was young and I was n't Number One yet , or even Number Two , so you want to do anything and everything . |
| 21 | But when you loved it , did n't you I mean I know I did when I was a young person first drinking erm I definitely had the feeling that if I was drinking to excess I was n't doing the right thing , whereas the impression we give in Oxford that drinking to the excess is perfectly acceptable behaviour . |
| 22 | However , as a ‘ courageous ’ cut and sewer , as well as being a past owner of a Brother Electronic with garter carriage which casts off automatically , I decided that I would never go back to a latch tool cast off and that it was a waste of time in any case if I was intending to cut the fabric ! |
| 23 | If I was trained in that , I 've forgotten long since . |
| 24 | If I was thinking straight she 'd be simply walking round the block . |
| 25 | I do n't know if I was thinking about Another Woman but if George was being blackmailed about something like … and he 'd taken you along because you were tough and … you see the silly fantasies I get into when I 'm alone ? ’ |
| 26 | I always said yes , even if I was drained , because I did not want him to chuck the ball to someone else . ’ |
| 27 | could do , I mean if I was setting the exam I probably would , sort of , you know people know roughly about , I mean they 're all going to drive cars one car . |
| 28 | If I was setting an exam paper for summer it would be something I would think about putting in not that I am setting it in case you think I had n't . |
| 29 | Like — if I was wearing jeans it would only be 501s and that kind of thing . |
| 30 | Well I know that my , if I was to name my busiest member of staff , it 's the person that took on that |