Example sentences of "if i were [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shit , she said , I would have liked someone doing that if I were him . |
| 2 | John Major always looks so dowdy , Terry Stamp tries too hard and if I were him I 'd slash my wrists . ’ |
| 3 | If I were him I 'd do the same . |
| 4 | ( If I were them , I 'd be glad , thought Jane . ) |
| 5 | If I were them I would nt sell Hodge . |
| 6 | Even when I was a child , I behaved as if I were one . ’ |
| 7 | That 's more like it , " with a rich air of satisfaction , as if I were her masterwork " No , do n't take it off just yet " It brightens the room . " |
| 8 | I would if I were my old healthy self . |
| 9 | If I were my patient , she asked herself , would I prescribe myself a tranquillizer ? |
| 10 | As I said , you must speak to me as if I were my father . |
| 11 | You 'd do the same to me if I were your wife . " |
| 12 | ‘ If I were your tailor , so would I , but I would n't tell anyone . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ If I were your woman , God forbid that I should ever be so cursed , I 'd cut all my hair off ! ’ she hissed back through gritted teeth , devastatingly aware of the effect his nearness was having on her traitorous body . |
| 14 | If I were he , I 'd build Lord P[almerston] an office with all the capitals upside down ; and tell him it was the Greek style , inverted , to express typically Government by Party : Up today , down tomorrow . |
| 15 | ‘ But , if I were he , I would worry most if they sought to reassure me . |
| 16 | ‘ But , if I were he , I would worry most if they sought to reassure me . |
| 17 | There 's little doubt that where public relations is concerned this Lady of Shallott surely knows her onions and if I were she , I would sue Channel 4 over one of Ms Paglia 's implications . |
| 18 | I acknowledge that Fish 's enterprise in [ his book ] Is There a Text in this Class ? , unlike Joyce 's in Finnegans Wake , makes it so unlikely that he intended to call the word ‘ pleasurably' an ‘ adverb' that I 'd feel bound — if I were his executor and he dead — to change it . |
| 19 | He brought me flowers , took me out to dinner and the theatre , and was generally attentive to me , as if I were his mistress and not an old married woman . |
| 20 | I began to understand how , if I were his wife , this good , religious man could soon kill me , without feeling any guilt at all . |
| 21 | I mean if I were his dad … |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't think I would if I were you , Wendy . ’ |
| 23 | I 'd go for it if I were you , ’ he said , and he gave me a little peck on the cheek . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'd pay off the school fees first if I were you . ’ |
| 25 | If I were you I 'd schlepp down to the disco and get yourself some trade , dear , otherwise you 'll burst ! ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I 'd be careful if I were you , Rose . |
| 27 | ‘ I would wait a little if I were you . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ If I were you , ’ she said . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'd watch him if I were you . |
| 30 | ‘ I should n't go on , Harris , if I were you . |