Example sentences of "if i [be] say " in BNC.
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1 | As Lewis tells us in the preface to the published version of this book , his initial reaction was to wish for anonymity , ‘ since if I were to say what I really thought about pain , I should be forced to make statements of such apparent fortitude that they would become ridiculous if anyone knew who made them , . |
2 | He said : ‘ Even if I were to say you are right , you would have no proof . |
3 | As I said at the beginning I think one should be wary about using the word natural , because sometimes people use it you know to promote something you know like on advertising you know it 's natural , must be good for you , but at the same time there are certain things that are natural that are very bad for you like death and if I were to say you know death is natural , nobody would think I was advocating suicide of course not . |
4 | So erm , for instance , if I were to say , gee what is the essence of balm cake ? |
5 | Now , if if I were to say , let us now have that conversation using erm , |
6 | Yes , yes yeah , I mean , I think if I if I were to say to you , shall we sing the National Anthem , we 'd say , oh no , no , no . |
7 | I 'm quite happy to see if we can what we can do , I ca n't guarantee that my Right Honourable Friend will take a different view , but I 'm content to see what we can do and report if your Lordships think that that is suitable , but if we were to do that My Lord , I think it would mean erm er it would mean that all these amendments which are grouped together should not in fact be , be put t to the vote , I mean that means ever er er all your Lordships because I do n't think it would be very fair if I were to say that I would move mine and the Noble Lord , Lord MacIntosh were c to come along and move his amendment and mine meanwhile has gone down the drainpipe and I do n't think that that would be particularly funny , but the Noble Lord , Lord MacIntosh I 'm sure would n't do such a dastardly thing like that ! |
8 | If I were saying here that I do n't approve , then obviously it would be of no value , it would just be generation gap inanity , but it 's not that , and approval does n't come into the equation . |
9 | So if I was to say to you that you can take him to the Justices if that 's your pleasure - " He turned and fixed Sir Gregory with eyes that radiated hatred from beneath fiery brows — " I do n't think you 'd like that , would you ? |
10 | So if I was to say we 've we 've picked our area , what potential instructions do we have do you think , let's say we 've got a good , quite now , what potential instruction do we have with that particular area , that arena rather ? |
11 | You see if I was to say to you , right well I am gon na go out and purchase something , I 'm gon na get something and give it to you as a gift |
12 | Now if I was to say erm er if I would have no doubt of course if if I did n't know about your connection with John . |
13 | What if I was to say inauguration |
14 | But if I was to say it , it 's different . |
15 | No I was saying if I was saying if I was going to spend that on raffle tickets , it would n't matter if I was getting |
16 | Wilkinson , who has cajoled and bullied to knock Cantona into shape , joked that the language barrier is still there because ‘ If I 'm saying nice things about him he seems to understand — if I suggest he works harder or I say nasty things , he finds that harder to comprehend . ’ |
17 | And if I 'm saying I really want to do less for the cracker bar now , because that was hard pushed . |
18 | You 'll have no choice if I 'm saying they 're dirty , I shall inspect them in daylight so |
19 | It 's a bit like if you like the difference between working with nice constants nice numbers if I 'm saying |