Example sentences of "if you [was/were] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er , if you was to put everything on top of each other , for example , then erm , there 's probably little gaps between one section and another , and those little gaps are using extra memory . |
| 2 | If you were to define it in your mind as — " bottom of wings on top of bar " — you would be more likely to recognise that the actual attitude was , or was not , accurate . |
| 3 | The only problem was the London Paddington to Liverpool train did n't run from the expected start station , it started from Reading instead of from Paddington , so if you were expecting somebody on that train , well they may not have , may not have been on that one if they er were actually starting from Paddington , otherwise no problems on the buses . |
| 4 | If you were to compare it with a really accurate map there would be very little in common but the map achieves its aim successfully through massive simplification and artificial emphasis of the important features , in this case the stations and interchanges . |
| 5 | If you were seeing it for the first time , what impressions would you receive ? |
| 6 | I did n't know if you were comparing it at the end . |
| 7 | But I can only retrieve her lips , those lightly ribbed , juicy lips , studded and patterned in close-up like a mulberry or a raspberry , their almost leathery texture if you were to brush them with your fingertips or tongue tip ( that snaky little organ equipped with ideas of its own ) . |
| 8 | If you were to touch him with a pin — and he 's a boy or a girl by now — he 'd move away , he feels pain . |
| 9 | But , if you were buying it at a garage you were probably gon na pay at least four |
| 10 | And it would be nice if you were to provide her with a little brother or sister . ’ |
| 11 | If you were protecting me for my own good , she thought , I would be cross with you , but not this cross . |
| 12 | It is easy to have an opinion about a moral issue like capital punishment , but if you were to discuss it in an essay you would usually have to give your reasons . |
| 13 | If you were shining it into pure nothing you would n't see anything . |
| 14 | okay , explain it to me in terms of , try and ex say if you were explaining it to someone who sort of was n't very technical . |
| 15 | However , if you were to help yourself to a reasonably generous helping of watercress as part of a salad meal , it is unlikely that your portion would weigh more than half an ounce . |
| 16 | This may seem a minor disagreement , but if you were to question me about Panofsky , I would have to say that the disagreement was just the tip of the iceberg . |
| 17 | When you 're seeking a grant for your pet project , you have to sell it to the sponsoring body as if you were touting it on the open market , because there are so many pet projects and only so many grants . |
| 18 | My guess would be that if you were to place it over the letter and shuffle it about a bit , some sort of pattern might well emerge . |