Example sentences of "if [pers pn] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I admit that there is such a thing as a suicidal temperament , then I am forced to admit that there is also such a thing as an anorexic temperament . |
| 2 | If I reply that in choosing between flavours it does not matter whether or not I confound a present taste with remembered sight and touch , whether I respond to reality or to illusion , I am renouncing rational discourse altogether . |
| 3 | Never ! 'Cos I would die of shame if I retaliated and hit back ; and I would , because I 've levelled men almost as big as you before today , and you know it . ’ |
| 4 | If I thought that the present case raised the question which has been held in suspense by more than one writer on constitutional law — namely , whether an assembly can properly be held to be unlawful merely because the holding of it is expected to give rise to a breach of the peace on the part of persons opposed to those who are holding the meeting — I should wish to hear much more argument before I expressed an opinion . |
| 5 | If I thought that I might be able to count on your friendship , despite all that 's happened , then … |
| 6 | In fact , I would not be able to conduct sessions of regression therapy — whether present- or past-life — if I thought that my patient was going to go through agonies while it was going on . |
| 7 | One woman described how she experienced an aggressive pattern : ‘ I found it very difficult to cope with women over me , especially if I thought that they were n't being fair — although I had no problems when dealing with men . |
| 8 | Well if I thought that there were areas of non-ferrous well … |
| 9 | If I thought that the present case raised the question which has been held in suspense by more than one writer on constitutional law — namely , whether an assembly can properly be held to be unlawful merely because the holding of it is expected to give rise to a breach of the peace on the part of persons opposed to those who are holding the meeting — I should wish to hear much more argument before expressing an opinion . |
| 10 | I 'd be a complete idiot if I thought that I could go through life and not bounce into the occasional person who did n't have my welfare at heart , and I 'm no idiot . |
| 11 | ‘ Even if I thought that you were mistaken . ’ |
| 12 | Money and effort that should have been devoted to supporting the ordinary people in Highfields has been wasted on power politics and I agree that it 's time surely to put an end to that disgrace now there is a certain logic in Mr amendment , it basically says let us put the implementation of council policy in the hands of the director of education , let him take executive control and let us take politics out of it and if I thought that that would do what both Mr and myself want to happen I would support . |
| 13 | Well if , I tell you , if I thought if I thought for one minute that we were gon na come back to England like in the next year , which we wo n't cos Tony 's got another year to do now , it 's a bit longer than we thought it was |
| 14 | If I spit and scream at you , you are entitled to react , are n't you ? |
| 15 | You did express some er anxiety if I remember when you spoke to me about erm not about not providing enough |
| 16 | If I water and then it rains it will go soft just like that with false patches . ’ |
| 17 | Chairman , thank , thank you very much indeed erm Chairman , I will in fact and er perhaps if I read that in the first instance I have n't circulated it erm if I read that the first instance it will set the of what I have to say . |
| 18 | Chairman , thank , thank you very much indeed erm Chairman , I will in fact and er perhaps if I read that in the first instance I have n't circulated it erm if I read that the first instance it will set the of what I have to say . |
| 19 | If I felt like I could write enough songs for a record that were good , I would , but it 's not where my real talent is . |
| 20 | I 've got a job that I love doing , and er , I also take the view that if I came and did this programme and moaned away at everybody , and er , moaned away about everything , nobody would ring me up , and nobody would listen . |
| 21 | ‘ If I heard that from anyone but you , I 'd howl ‘ over-confidence ’ , ’ Roirbak said , grinning . |
| 22 | If I parked that outside Stuart Street , it would really annoy Frank and Salome if they had friends round . |
| 23 | Phoebe said to Lisa , ‘ if I go and live with her it will be the end . |
| 24 | There ai n't no chairs or carpet or nothing , so if I go and see him I have to sit on the floor . |
| 25 | ‘ What if I go and do n't never get to come back ? ’ said Dot . |
| 26 | ‘ Whenever I do play with any kind of distortion , if I go and sit in with somebody , I find it 's so easy . |
| 27 | Maybe if I go and fill it up , Gabriel will go away . |
| 28 | ‘ Will you be all right here if I go and stretch my legs for a while ? ’ |
| 29 | Would it help if I go and lend him a sympathetic ear ? ’ |
| 30 | If I go and tell that mod over there that he 's insulted his tie and then I go and tell the rocker that the mod 's been rude about him , we 'll get them burning down the pier . ’ |