Example sentences of "if [pron] [adv] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lydia thought the Prince of Darkness would lose much of his power if everyone habitually called him Stan . |
| 2 | It 's as if everyone else had given up and the Government then said , ‘ Oh , give the workers some money and let them have a go . ’ |
| 3 | Even if nothing else had changed , widespread support for the idea that ‘ Black Wednesday ’ delivered Britain to recovery would alter the character of the ERM . |
| 4 | as if nothing else had been said , he added : ‘ I know he 's unbalanced . |
| 5 | Work on the survey had to await Hailey 's retirement , but the choice nevertheless proved to have been an extremely shrewd one , justifying , if nothing else did , Curtis ' lifelong faith in himself as a fisher of men . |
| 6 | With me it would if I if I even had one drink going on stage , I 'd be terrified . |
| 7 | as if I even knew the meaning of the word ! |
| 8 | It was n't as if I even wanted to sit down and write in the first place . |
| 9 | Therefore , if I just looked at some of those policy teams that I referred to in my presentation , I would expect , and it 's happening , that we would be taking on board , in each of those policy teams , the policy development work that 's applicable to Europe . |
| 10 | He says if I just brought a dog then I can figure out how it was before with our ancestors , that without anything they were imprisoned . |
| 11 | I know it sounds stupid , but it , like , made me feel better than if I just smoked a joint with it . |
| 12 | ‘ Would n't it be more … traditional , more civilised , if I just told you my answer ? ’ she ventured unsteadily . |
| 13 | I knew she was n't far offshore , but I did n't know anything about the set of currents off Winter Marsh , and if I just rowed into darkness I might miss her altogether , and be carried anywhere . |
| 14 | all sorts of things which are available which if I just brushed up on so at least if I went to an interview I 'd be able to talk about |
| 15 | Have you had a copy of , dare I say it , the tabulation which was produced by the panel , which summarized the various er submissions , and if I just read them to you . |
| 16 | If I just read out what I was going to suggest Simon described the new system for approvals it goes something like erm , sorry it 's 9.9 , all approvals are recorded on research approval forms full stop . |
| 17 | If I just knew where he was prepared to stand and then could just sort of do the things round about . |
| 18 | ‘ Like , you 're the kind of person I 'd like to talk to if I just had a fight with my girlfriend or was in trouble with the law or something . ’ |
| 19 | I thought if I just had a man who had a yacht and he had a rolls royce and a yacht . |
| 20 | ‘ The problems of distribution and the various changes that we had to make to establish ourselves in Scotland made me think that if I just swung the compass I 'd land up in Paris . ’ |
| 21 | If I just wanted Lou out of the way for some other reason , I would n't waste five thousand green American dollars to do it . ’ |
| 22 | If I just wanted you , I 'd be able to spend time alone with you without going half crazy . |
| 23 | If I can , if I just wanted , wanted to go round , go round . |
| 24 | Dear Edouard , would you mind if I just watched — while you undressed ? ’ |
| 25 | If I just bought an off the shelf package like Turbo Pascal or Microsoft Pascal could I without having to buy add on libraries produce this type of effect . |
| 26 | So how would you , if I just gave you an equation , of a function , |
| 27 | That 's the , I wo n't need , if if I just did the pension |
| 28 | I would be if I did that , if I just did n't eat . |
| 29 | With defensive fields I would fire the ball in , and if I finally achieved a breakthrough I would be taken out of the attack . |
| 30 | ‘ If it 's of any interest to you , I scarcely even remember what I said , but if I somehow managed to upset you … ’ |