Example sentences of "if [pron] was [verb] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when you loved it , did n't you I mean I know I did when I was a young person first drinking erm I definitely had the feeling that if I was drinking to excess I was n't doing the right thing , whereas the impression we give in Oxford that drinking to the excess is perfectly acceptable behaviour . |
| 2 | He asked if I was related to Margaret . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ One ca n't give cast-iron guarantees , just as you ca n't give me guarantees about my safety if I was to go to Birmingham , ’ Mr Thomas replied . |
| 4 | ‘ I realise that if I was to move to South Africa I would be living a completely different existence . |
| 5 | For instance , once when a friend from Australia was coming to stay with me , she asked me if I was going to sleep with her . |
| 6 | Tell me some of the things that happen when you 're you 're working out a function , what would what would be the the overall picture if someone was going to work out a function ? |
| 7 | She paused again , struggling for words to convey the innocence and intimacy of that friendship , words that had to be like a spider 's web , strong yet delicate , if she was to communicate to Mark 's coarse masculine intelligence some inkling of what that friendship had meant to her and Hilda . |
| 8 | Her head was swimming so that the gleaming brasses suspended from black overhead beams seemed double-edged , but she was damned , she told herself , if she was going to cave in under Fen 's critical gaze . |
| 9 | On Oct. 3 , Bhutto told a press conference in Islamabad that if she was returned to power , she would use constitutional and political means to force the President to resign . |
| 10 | I think erm we could have a much healthier aspect to it if it was taught to u in a healthier way , I mean |
| 11 | The tune sounds as if it was dictated to Rose Fox by a three-year-old child . |
| 12 | ‘ How can it be sacrilege , if it was done to traitors ? |
| 13 | ‘ I wonder if it was going to London , ’ said Bobbie . |
| 14 | Marguerite told Jenna that perhaps finally Alain would marry Claudine ; at any rate , she added with amusement , he would if it was left to Claudine . |
| 15 | But if he was moving to London his new fashion house would soon be a talking point . |
| 16 | If he could prove that it had too much give in it he would at least have a line of defence if he was summoned to court . |
| 17 | I went to see my doctor and he wrote everything down and listened with his head on one side and a finger in his ear as if he was listening to folk music . |
| 18 | The Divisional Court , in holding that the magistrate erred in committing the applicant , also referred to the fact that Price had stated before the magistrate that he would not return to Sweden to give evidence at the trial of the applicant if he was extradited to Sweden . |
| 19 | From the hearing , which took ninety minutes , Willis emerged visibly shaken , having been told he must wait five days before hearing if he was to go to prison or not . |
| 20 | It said another Kurdish refugee , Selahattin Ozberk , detained in Pentonville Prison , had good reason to fear ill treatment if he was returned to Turkey and should be granted refugee status . |
| 21 | In proceedings brought by the husband the judge refused to order the return of the child to Canada , on the grounds that his removal and retention was not wrongful within the meaning of article 3 of the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction , set out in Schedule 1 to the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985 , since the father had no rights of custody ; and that , under article 13 , there was a risk that the child would be placed in an intolerable situation if he was returned to Ontario because of the lack of proper accommodation and financial support . |
| 22 | The UNIP conducted a determined campaign during which Kaunda warned that he would " deal mercilessly " with MMD if he was returned to power . |
| 23 | If he was going to work with Merymose , they both had to reach a position of trust . |