Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [to-vb] [pron] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I have reason to believe that if I were to ask you the time you would n't be able to accommodate me . |
2 | Which which company if I was to give you a choice , and the luxury that most recruiters do n't have . |
3 | Erm if I was to give you an option a choice of which market area you think you would be most happy with , where do you think ? |
4 | If I was to enter it a number , one O two . |
5 | But how would he react if she were to tell him the truth ? she wondered distantly . |
6 | ‘ If you were to give me a ha'penny I might tell you different ’ |
7 | Laying herself down beside Cad again in the hot room under the single sheet , she instructed her sister carefully , how she was to find Tommaso Talvi in town the next day , to come across him as if by accident , and then , if no one was listening , she was to give him a message . |
8 | He was to give him a part which would take him into the West End a few months after leaving school , write a special role for him in what would be his first film , introduce him to his future wife and , through one of his sons , Brook , provide him with a lifelong younger ‘ brother ’ . |