Example sentences of "if i did [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Lendl smiled and countered : ‘ It would be laughable if I did n't say it because it 's obvious that Wimbledon is my main goal — to pretend otherwise would be wrong . ’
2 I have been approached on many levels , from stripograms in the office to packages arriving at reception with worms and a message inside threatening even worse if I did n't see the band ( I did n't ) .
3 If I did n't give him a square meal on Monaghan Day he 'd drink himself stupid in Mohill . ’
4 It was as if I did n't even exist . ’
5 I suppose he must be real hungry if I did n't feed him yesterday .
6 It 'd be real easy — I 'd just say to myself ‘ Well , I think I 'll just pop over and see Marie today ’ , and five minutes later I 'd be there and we could have tea together , then if I did n't want to stay the night I 'd just fly into the sky again and stay there .
7 I said that I could n't fault their prices , but asked what would happen if I did n't pay .
8 I felt that this was a very brief phase and if I did n't cash in on it now , I was n't going to get the chance again .
9 ‘ as if I did n't know .
10 If I did n't recognise it , ’ says Neneh , ‘ I 'd be an unhappy person .
11 At one time I imagined that if I was n't obsessed with food and controlling my weight , if I did n't have a head stuffed full of calorie charts , I would be empty , have nothing to think about , nothing to fill up my life .
12 Tremayne grunted and bore the document away , coming back presently to say I should stop working and go with him to Newbury races , if I did n't mind .
13 If I did n't move someone would come and feel for a pulse and , finding one , finish me off .
14 If I did n't move I would die where I lay .
15 That I could express nothing if I did n't have the technique to do so .
16 Patiently , the practitioner examined them , me and us , and proclaimed that I would probably be able to see jolly well if I did n't have them inside out and in the wrong eyes .
17 ‘ If I knew I would n't be asking you , and if I did n't know her inside out I would have said she was worried about something . ’
18 Sure I have to , Nellie , for if I did n't give it a redd up at least once in a while he 'd have the place like a right midden . ’
19 If I did n't keep on at them , homework would never get done .
20 I knew of the need for fibre , fresh fruits and vegetables — even if I did n't much like them — and I knew of the dangers of saturated fats and too much salt .
21 It was always hard to get going , for if I did n't carry my own sins , and hence guilt , then my dad 's sins were always about to be draped around my neck like a dead albatross .
22 The letters lying there on the mat did n't exactly look as though if I did n't open them the world would stop .
23 A final demand from the Gas Board and a threat from Glasgow Public Libraries if I did n't return The Maltese Falcon and pay my seventeen-and-six fine they 'd permanently withdraw my ticket and cut my left hand off .
24 ‘ Well if I did n't some bugger else would , ’ said Joe defensively .
25 ‘ I reckon that if I did n't have that cigarette first thing in the morning , I could last out and resist the rest of the day .
26 AB : I would be a fool if I did n't say Schenker was one of the few analysts we can rate seriously .
27 Anyway , she was very tired and said that if I did n't tell her she was going to go to sleep .
28 I would die if I did n't have water .
29 ‘ I 'd feed 'er meself if I did n't 'ave me latest , ’ said Rosa .
30 As he worked , Harry muttered , ‘ If I did n't know better , I 'd say that was your Mr Butler on the bed there . ’
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