Example sentences of "if [pers pn] [vb past] [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said well at least I , you know she said if I thought they 'd get only pass I would n't put them in . |
| 2 | ‘ I would go myself if I thought it would serve any purpose to be killed before a blow had been struck . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'd fly back with you , ’ Jenny admitted , ‘ if I thought it would help . |
| 4 | This letter is going to be devoted to my affairs in connection with Edward … the other day he asked me if I thought you would care to go for a walk into the country somewhere . |
| 5 | ‘ If I thought I would have any chance of success , I probably would , ’ she said sarcastically . |
| 6 | The initial interview with an MD seven years my junior was largely comfortable and amicable apart from the minor irritant when he asked if I thought I could relate to young people in the office . |
| 7 | If I thought I could unmake my old self so easily I was a fool . |
| 8 | I mean if , and if I said we 'll have , if I have the policemen down , and they say they can , there nothing they can do because we do n't know their names |
| 9 | There 'd been some snow , and erm er he was n't well , and could I if I cared I could look for a work elsewhere , as i it was just impossible for him to pay wages , you see ? |
| 10 | ‘ I did n't realise if I agreed they would take off the old mouthpiece and put on a new one . |
| 11 | O.K. , if I insisted he would stay for dinner with Max tomorrow evening , and could I let him know what I was planning to cook as he would like to start working on the antidote . |
| 12 | If I went I 'd go park the car up wear a Chelsea shirt . |
| 13 | Erm if I tried they would have caught me so I just stand still and do n't scream or cry because I 'll get some more . |
| 14 | There was sense in which , it was n't really in Pilate 's hands , because Jesus had said to him , if I wanted I would speak to my father , he would send ten legions of angels and they would deliver me out of your hands , Pilate , you have no power over me . |
| 15 | If I wanted I could tear this place apart to find him . |
| 16 | If I wanted I could take some revenge on him , which would also — some puny power — be a bitter reproach to my own pointless life . |
| 17 | If I strained I could see the world as others did , stereoscopically , but if I relaxed binocular vision would ensue , and while one ‘ eye ’ would remain focused , the other would slide away into the clouded periphery where The Fat Controller and his machinations held sway . |
| 18 | I could have hugged my Mum that day for saving the harmonium but I was afraid if I did she would push me away . |
| 19 | I do n't , and if I did I should have to suppose Providence to be the devil … ’ |
| 20 | ‘ If I did I 'd tell you . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Well , I do n't know who it is , McDunn ; if I did I 'd tell you . ’ |
| 22 | I ca n't remember my mother , because if I did I 'd hate her . |
| 23 | " Now , I do n't want to know what was discussed at the meeting ; if I did I could find that out easily enough . |
| 24 | Do n't know where I could put you , except in me bedroom , only if I did it might send me young man potty . |
| 25 | If I wanted to squander the money in six months or a year , I could do that too , but if I did he would haunt me . ’ |
| 26 | She realized that if she chose she could go all day without food and go to bed at any hour she liked . |
| 27 | However , Betty did n't know Lord C very well if she thought she could embarrass him . |
| 28 | On the fourth day he was off sick , and Mr Mulgrove asked Anna if she thought she could manage , and to ask Heather on flours and dried fruits if she was n't sure of anything . |
| 29 | And if she thought she 'd get away with that , then she had another think coming , she realised swiftly when , his arrogance topping hers , he rapped bluntly , ‘ Tough ! |
| 30 | She must be mad if she thought he 'd do that , go anywhere near Barry . |