Example sentences of "and if i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if I sit here tape runs out I 'll see it and click . |
| 2 | I would always be ‘ starting the diet tomorrow ’ and if I ate one thing ‘ out of order ’ , the diet would collapse and I would eat everything in sight until I could hardly move . |
| 3 | You clearly think that you 're a piece of worthless rubbish , and if I pick up those vibes , then so do the blokes . |
| 4 | I just burnt twenty quid on food and if I stay here to eat it I 'll take it out on them ! |
| 5 | And if I insisted he came with me , he 'd likely cause trouble , just as he said . |
| 6 | Steven suggested Spenser and Shakespeare , with perhaps Scott and Hardy , and if I insisted on an up-to-date author , William Goulding . |
| 7 | I am just an ordinary Daleswoman and if I began to think or act otherwise I know a few people around here who would soon bring me to my senses . |
| 8 | And if I had she 'd be wearing it . |
| 9 | ‘ No , ’ he said , ‘ and if I had I would n't spend it on that . ’ |
| 10 | A lot of my clothes are holey , and if I had more money I definitely would dress quite differently . |
| 11 | ‘ And if I had n't paid why would there be a receipt anyway , ’ protested Kylie quite logically . |
| 12 | He 'd walked into the boathouse and tried to pick up an envelope and the floor had given way beneath him and a piece of beam was missing , and if I had n't been there with him he would certainly have drowned in the dock , impaled on something lurking beneath the surface . |
| 13 | The Scottish Mountaineering Club 's Munros book had warned of a false summit cairn , and if I had longed to see the view from Beinn Dorain , and look down on that road from which the young Gray had gazed upwards 25 years ago , I was going to be disappointed unless the mist lifted . |
| 14 | And if I had any sense I would never have left there in the first place . ’ |
| 15 | As I blundered on in my explanation I realised he had forgotten all about it and if I had kept my mouth shut the problem need never have arisen . |
| 16 | There were no brakes , and if I had stumbled , then the bar that ran between the shafts behind me would have caught me in the back and either dragged me along or knocked me to the ground . |
| 17 | And if I had to choose a companion to be with me down the years I would take you as a pattern . ’ |
| 18 | He ought not to have died , and if I had gone with my mother to the doctor and done my part as a son , I feel as if he need not have done . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I do not like your arrogance and your questions , and if I had my way I would arrange an accident or have you thrown into some deep dungeon until everyone had forgotten about you ! ’ |
| 20 | ‘ It will be a bit of a wrench , but the England team manager 's job is the top one in the business and if I had n't accepted it , I might have regretted it in later life . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I adored Bristol and if I had to live anywhere in the world , I would come back and live here . |
| 22 | And if I had to play them today , I 'd have to get off in a room with a record player , probably for a couple of hours and learn them . ’ |
| 23 | I love rugby and if I had the opportunity I would pull on my boots and play tomorrow . |
| 24 | There was a time when Charles was coasting at school and if I had been working , I would have told him to buckle down — which would have done no good at all . |
| 25 | There 's no question Quinn — and Cottee , Aldridge and the rest — are masters of the art and if I had one in my club , he 'd be the first name on the sheet . |
| 26 | In fact , he is not a great motivator through the actual force of his personality , and if I had to name a weakness that would be it . |
| 27 | And I would have lost the chance to sail across the Pacific with Ellen , because Ellen was on the verge of agreeing to come with me , and if I had not yielded to the policeman 's blackmail I would have lost Ellen as well as my boat . |
| 28 | ‘ They knew that I liked girls and if I had a choice , I would rather be talking to the girls than doing my homework . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ And if I had to put money on it at the moment then I would back Arsenal to win the title . ’ |
| 30 | The Scot said : ‘ I was one punch away from knocking him out in the fifth and if I had n't been injured , I would have finished him . ’ |