Example sentences of "if [pron] [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I were to take this gun and shoot … who ? |
| 2 | If I were to choose any country in the world to live as a family in it would have to be somewhere different , perhaps exotic . |
| 3 | ‘ I would back myself to score 20 goals this season if I were to have three chances in every game , but those opportunities do not come so easy for me in Italy . |
| 4 | If I were to rewrite this book in ten years ' time , in the light of further research and experience , my own views might well have changed somewhat . |
| 5 | If I were to seek one word to describe the quality of these works of art many by famous names , many by local artists to whom the purchase brought rare encouragement — I should say that they are alive . |
| 6 | DENNING J. stated the facts and continued : If I were to consider this matter without regard to recent developments in the law , there is no doubt that , had the plaintiffs claimed it , they would have been entitled to recover ground rent at the rate of £2,500 a year from the beginning of the term , since the lease under which it was payable was a lease under seal which , according to the old common law , could not be varied by an agreement by parol ( whether in writing or not ) , but only by deed . |
| 7 | I feel I could score more goals in Italy if I was given more freedom . |
| 8 | Then he said , ‘ If I was to advertise this job how likely would you be to apply for it ? ’ , and suddenly the hairs prickled on the back of my neck , because I knew he was serious . |
| 9 | He gave me an odd look as if I was telling strange stories . |
| 10 | No no I would n't do that I always do it like this if I was playing that hand three flu well you could go well you got a choice you can go take a chance on your last hand , not getting through or you can go two , three , five , six , seven two three four , ace finish them which is what I 'd probably do . |
| 11 | If I was to have any chance of being posted to Calvi , I would have to come in the top five in basic training . |
| 12 | Now what would you do if I was recording this conversation ? |
| 13 | When I realised that Barny was untrainable , I knew I would have to find a hand-reared owl if I was to stand any chance of training one successfully . |
| 14 | I think if one looks at life and says : ‘ If I was doing that job , what are the conditions I would like to work in ? ’ , and then put them into operation , people will probably think it 's about right . |
| 15 | Mine went up with , you know let's face it if I was doing sixty mile an hour it would be doing just over six grand . |
| 16 | Jimmy was silent for a moment , then he said , ‘ What sort of thing did you mean when you asked if I was suffering any after-effects ? ’ |
| 17 | If yu were to eat brown bread . |
| 18 | Ali poses a question , his eyes closed , his lips parting as if her were sliding open manhole covers . |
| 19 | ‘ It may not be as comfortable as an ordinary saloon , ’ Ward said on a note of apology , ‘ but buggered if Ah was takin' any chances in a country like this . ’ |
| 20 | She felt again that same deep chill , that same sense of horror she had always felt when in the presence of such venom , as if she were discovering that evil really did exist , that liberal attitudes were vaporous , that filth could find its way into the universe and be embodied and spread relentlessly , terrifying those it infected . |
| 21 | I still remember my headmaster 's damning indictment : ‘ Jeannette could be a Cambridge scholar if she were to stop this nonsense of falling in love . ’ |
| 22 | You 'd think they would n't want to be seen in public ; but no , there they are , living it up , and my own daughter aiding and abetting them as if she were doing some thing clever . |
| 23 | She would need all her wits if she were to stand any chance of getting away from him . |
| 24 | If she was addressing young people she made it her business to acquaint herself with their interests . |
| 25 | Turakina wrinkled her nose as if she was smelling bad meat . |
| 26 | By the time Judith was seven , it was quite obvious to Bertha Cohen that if she was to have any hope of achieving the enlargement of her life that she dreamed of she would just have to try again . |
| 27 | Freeman ( 1984 ) has suggested that some of her research was not as thorough as it should have been if she was to make such claims , and even that her desire to reach the conclusions that she did made her see things as she wished to see them , rather than as they actually were ( see Shipman 1988 ) . |
| 28 | If you was describing that man you 'd all get his clothes I bet , but I bet there 's three things you would forget about him , straight away . |
| 29 | That 's what I 'm saying , if , if , if , a a we hope you 're never in the situation but if you was describing that man , try and describe that man as honestly , honestly and as best as you can do n't say , if I say to you oh did he have jeans on ? |
| 30 | I wonder if it 's one of those things that I mean she 's reading the story aloud , I wonder if you were reading that story as as well |