Example sentences of "if it killed " in BNC.
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| 1 | I promised myself there and then that I was going to master that hill if it killed me , and every day afterwards I went there and drove up it , holding the car on the clutch , until I was successful . |
| 2 | He was going to have fun if it killed him , to coin a phrase . |
| 3 | Karnstein seemed to have been born to fit the caricatured image of a hospital matron , determined to do a patient good even if it killed him . |
| 4 | ‘ My father says that you 're an architect , ’ she volunteered , determined to be pleasant even if it killed her in the process . |
| 5 | She would stay out here until evening , if it killed her in the process . |
| 6 | Well , this was the greatest challenge of her life and she would damn well face it if it killed her . |
| 7 | If it killed her , she would turn the situation around and gain from it something instructive and valuable ! |
| 8 | She 'd be polite and charming if it killed her ! |
| 9 | She would need such care and gentleness , and if it killed him he would give it to her , but the passion was raging in him until he could hardly see straight . |