Example sentences of "if [pron] [verb] [vb pp] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | It was such an odd feeling , as if I 'd lost twenty years somewhere . |
2 | If I 'd wanted that kind of wife , I 'd have married Eleanor . ’ |
3 | In a famous recent case , someone said : ‘ If I 'd seen this pile of bricks on the side of the road I 'd never have thought it was art ’ . |
4 | Paintings erm have the power to take you back in time , I can look at a painting and remember something that 's happened yesterday or years and years ago and as a small child , looking at this painting I remembered as a small child seeing for the first time erm the sea dipping into er , sorry the sun dipping into , into the sea and being horrified I was convinced that the heat of the sun would boil the oceans and the world dry and it reminded me for an awful lot of my childhood and I 'm sure if I 'd seen this painting years ago it would of persuaded me otherwise , erm this is called In A Days Work Satisfaction in a days work , chosen not given , eating the laxed food , face turned to steer a sun , making cloth into a gown and giving colour to the side of a boat |
5 | But , if I 'd gone next Thursday there 'd be e English , and then it 'd be a a job for them if they |
6 | But if I 'd had eight months of thinking , I do n't think I could have taken it . |
7 | ‘ No , ’ she replied , ‘ if I 'd had black parents to go home to , they would have been on the receiving end of aggro all day long as well . ’ |
8 | If I 'd had some castanets I 'd have clicked them in his face . |
9 | It rang again almost immediately — Alan again , asking if I 'd had any luck . |
10 | ‘ If I 'd had any sense at all I would have signed them up for ten years or fifteen per cent … ! ’ |
11 | Frankly , if I 'd had any forewarning of this then I 'd have made certain that our paths would never cross again ! ’ |
12 | And if I 'd had any problems , he sorted them out . |
13 | If I 'd had any doubts about your competence you can be sure I would n't have left you to cope here . ’ |
14 | ‘ If I 'd had three boys I could have fitted them into the same bedrooms . ’ |
15 | ‘ If I 'd taken more trouble with economics I might have been more effective as Prime Minister . |
16 | well if I 'd known enough company she said , I 'd have been at home with me feet up |
17 | If I 'd known this cake were gon na go so quick I would n't of fro froze that other one . |
18 | Because er we 've done sort of I must Where did I write that if I 've lost that list , I suppose to keep Erm , Ron , tin and then you 've got hankies did n't you ? |
19 | What 's more , 'e 's callin' on me late tonight to find out if I 've 'ad another go and if I 've earned the quid . ’ |
20 | I said look Neil you can drive , but let's not let's not take it that I 'm saying that you must drive let's go into the question of why you 're making a mess of it at this time and we , oh honestly Brenda if I 've got black circles under my eyes do not be surprised because , of course , this all goes back to his absolutely , appallingly , stupid mother ! |
21 | Erm If I 've got sixty miles to do , and I do it at erm do it at sixty miles an hour , it takes me one hour . |
22 | Oh , if , if I have n't got , if I 've got glandular fever will you go get a blood test ? |
23 | I do n't know if I 've got that fortnight 's holiday pay to come or what . |
24 | I find I can do it much easier if I 've got one eye on the television . |
25 | if I , if I 've got limited cash |
26 | Now , what I do then , is , because I know this is going to happen , when I 'm planning my month , if I 've got some days towards the end of the month where I have no claimants whatsoever , I put the asterisks in there and that 's a catch up day . |
27 | I do n't know if I 've got any answers to that really . |
28 | Well let's see if I 've got any money . |
29 | but it 's also linked , I mean the other thing that I 've got at the back of my mind , is a kind of nightmare , is that when we were talking about the Festival around about March that you know , we spoke to Ingy er you know as a group and then that was all fine and we kept er going along and then , and then there was that sort of dreadful phone call I had from Linda along the lines as I 'm not sure if I 've got any describers |
30 | I 'll see if I c if I 've got any paper lying about the house . |