Example sentences of "if i [vb past] [verb] [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 If I had to choose one man to kick a 40-yard penalty from close to the touchline to rescue The Earth from being knocked out of the Inter-Galactic Cup in the last minute , Grant Fox would be the man …
19 If I had to nominate those politicians whose views I most trusted , who have most clearly articulated my own fluid , contingent thoughts on the crisis as it developed , I would opt for two pensionable septuagenarians , both of whom I despised in their political heyday : Denis Healey , who sold the Labour government to the IMF , and Ted Heath , who became the Tories ' lamest duck of all .
20 If I had to put any money on any one at this moment , it would have to be them .
21 For instance , if I had written six songs , one on each record , that used the Not Of This Earth technique of one bass note , three chords , pitch axis , it would be quite boring at a concert when you get to the fourth one .
22 Twelve pence , she reckoned ; perhaps if I had given ten pence to the beggar this would not have happened .
23 If I had developed some measure of showmanship over the years , I felt it was not much use to me or anyone else while I sat in my office and let junior producers have all the fun .
24 It would nt hurt to say ‘ Yes I m sory to leave Leeds and the supporters behind … but the club needed the money and if I had to join another club it would be Blackburn ( and onto the usual bullshit ) ’ Fuck me even Cantona said something nice about us .
25 3 S + V ( conditional perfect ) + if + S + V ( past perfect tense ) : I would have bought a new car if I had had enough money .
26 ‘ I would have put a torch to their damned house yesterday , if I had had some tinder .
27 I think if I had had more time to myself when I first retired I would n't have made that mistake and would have looked for interests nearer home .
28 Bird noises faded up as if I had found another TV control .
29 Many years later , Charles recalled the defection of " the whole people " , the emperor 's capture , the sending of " his wife " ( this , interestingly , is Charles alluding to his own mother ) into exile in Italy , and " the treatment of me , a mere ten-year old , as if I had committed huge crimes " .
30 I would have saved much time and pain if I had paid more attention to how I was racing .
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