Example sentences of "if [pron] had a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those radicals ( among whom Gaitskell was , oddly , not numbered ) who wanted to abolish the public schools , or amalgamate them somehow into the maintained system , persuaded themselves for a time that if this were done , and if everyone had a chance to take the 11 + and compete for a place at a grammar school , then justice would have been done and educational standards would be secure . |
| 2 | In if everyone had a meter , |
| 3 | He asked if I had a caftan he could borrow . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm a Muslim fundamentalist , but if I had a knife and I saw Rushdie I would n't kill him , I 'd talk to him . |
| 5 | ‘ It was as if I had a vast chip on my shoulder . |
| 6 | They often asked me if I had a baby in my tummy because they saw no evidence of my menstruation … |
| 7 | If I had a broken window I would n't put my fingers through it — no way . |
| 8 | ‘ I could n't live in this mess if I had a woman , ’ he said . |
| 9 | If I had a wedding ring I would give it back . |
| 10 | ‘ If I had a choice I would just wear a dhoti like they do in India . |
| 11 | ‘ If I had a magnifying glass screwed intae ma heid I might , ’ his friend replied scornfully . |
| 12 | Can you imagine what would happen if I had a rest . |
| 13 | In any case , I 'd do it even if I had a job . |
| 14 | ‘ My dear , dear fellow , if I had a lira for every time I 've heard that story … well … ’ |
| 15 | If I had a storehouse full of confidence , I would gladly give each one of them as much as they needed . |
| 16 | A squire once angrily said to him : ‘ If I had a son who was an idiot by Jove I 'd make him a parson ’ . |
| 17 | If I had a daughter getting married this summer I would be tempted to give her a twopart party in similar vein . |
| 18 | What would my attitude be if I had a difficult or long journey to work ? |
| 19 | I thought I could offer a lift if I had a woman with me , someone they know . ’ |
| 20 | if I had a camera |
| 21 | If I had a record company there are a lot of people I would be sure to sign — Albert King does n't have a label now , for instance — and he 'd be on it right away . ’ |
| 22 | Not 10 minutes had gone by before I was asked , in a very accusing tone of voice , if I had a ticket , and on producing it was informed that I should cease and desist . |
| 23 | I 'd swap my vest and plasters for a Marks and Spencer circle-stitched bra , a rigid , pointed contraption that made me look as if I had a couple of ice-cream cones up my jumper : I could never fill them to the end ( not even on a good day ) and the last waltz would result in dents in the ends . |
| 24 | I think I could survive on my own in New York if I had a credit card and I found a nice hotel like Kevin . |
| 25 | McGrath said : ‘ If I had a New Year 's wish , it would be for us and Manchester United to battle it out in a two-horse race for the Championship — and for us to win it for a lot of reasons . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I sometimes have a queer feeling with regard to you — especially when you are near me , as now : it is as if I had a string somewhere under my left ribs , tightly and inextricably knotted to a similar string situated in the corresponding quarter of your little frame . |
| 27 | If I had a room of my own , I thought , I would knit and knit to make it as pretty as this or as Miss Louise 's had been . |
| 28 | If I had a father-in-law as cold and unfeeling as Prince Philip — not to mention a mother-in-law more concerned with protocol than emotions and a husband who prefers to talk to his plants — I 'd have had a nervous breakdown by now . |
| 29 | ‘ They knew that I liked girls and if I had a choice , I would rather be talking to the girls than doing my homework . ’ |
| 30 | I think I could have done better if I had a different attitude , ’ she said . |