Example sentences of "i were [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Lewis tells us in the preface to the published version of this book , his initial reaction was to wish for anonymity , ‘ since if I were to say what I really thought about pain , I should be forced to make statements of such apparent fortitude that they would become ridiculous if anyone knew who made them , . |
| 2 | He said : ‘ Even if I were to say you are right , you would have no proof . |
| 3 | As I said at the beginning I think one should be wary about using the word natural , because sometimes people use it you know to promote something you know like on advertising you know it 's natural , must be good for you , but at the same time there are certain things that are natural that are very bad for you like death and if I were to say you know death is natural , nobody would think I was advocating suicide of course not . |
| 4 | It would be inequitable to those who take a contrary view to that of the hon. Gentleman if I were to see him exceptionally , in addition to all the other representations that I have received from him , now that the consultation period is over and I am reaching a conclusion on the matter . |
| 5 | They picked up so much more corn that — if I were to leave them — they 'd have been in trouble in no time . |
| 6 | ‘ I hardly think that it would help you if I were to give it . ’ |
| 7 | So , for example , the lecture I 'm going to give you today is n't reflected at all in Arnold erm so er I think it 'd be helpful if I were to give you some indication of when there were and when there were n't . |
| 8 | However I run my boat as a charter boat and cater for a masochistic fringe who would sail on Christmas day if I were to let them . |
| 9 | ‘ How would you like it if I were to let you know where you could stop the Wete Mo Nan Dlo , the biggest ceremony this year ? |
| 10 | ‘ Perhaps , if I were to examine them again , it might come to me . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ If I were to treat you like Dresden china , placing you on a pedestal and worshipping at your feet , would she believe you were in love with me ? ’ |
| 13 | This is done to allow them time to come back gradually to a state of full alertness without any sense of shock — but it would be just as effective if I were to snap my fingers or even simply to tell them to ‘ wake up ’ . |
| 14 | It would be quite wrong if I were to base my view solely on submissions from members of the public who have been unduly influenced by misleading information from other quarters . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 ? |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I wonder if I were to kill her , if she were dead , if she were knocked over by a car , would that make the jealousy , that mixture of anxiety , grief and fear of exclusion , simply stop ? |
| 19 | I mean , if I were to sell my house now supposing somebody came galloping in along before Christmas ooh ooh I want the house on the first of Feb and they 'd come and they 'd see the house and they say yes I want it , want it , want it and it was plain that they were going to want it and we started to talk money , as soon as we 'd got the solid block of money I want one O two you er estate agent tells me I can get ninety seven between ninety five and ninety seven say they offer me ninety six |
| 20 | If I were to ask him , the answer would be — ’ |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | If I were to ask you for your address , what would you do ? |
| 23 | I have reason to believe that if I were to ask you the time you would n't be able to accommodate me . |
| 24 | Supposing that I were to ask you to recommend a good , modern book to read , and I do n't mean good in the sense of morally uplifting , but perhaps more in the sense of exciting or interesting reading . |
| 25 | The hon. and learned Gentleman must not make a speech that he might make if I were to call him . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | If I were to question its authority , and find a nurse to look after me , I would no longer be doing anything on my own responsibility , and problems of valuation would in any case no longer concern me . |
| 28 | No doubt some will defend the right to march on grounds of civil liberties for they will swiftly perceive that if I were to get my way , all kinds of trade union demonstrations to say nothing of peace marches would fall under the ban . |
| 29 | It has so much depth , much more than if I were to express myself in other languages . |
| 30 | As she looked at Millie rocking herself slightly like a little old woman getting a child to sleep , she though , If I were to tell her her mother has died , she would likely think it was the same way as her father had , whichever way that was , which was n't real dead . |