Example sentences of "if [pron] [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I feel I could score more goals in Italy if I was given more freedom . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | If I was to have any chance of being posted to Calvi , I would have to come in the top five in basic training . |
| 10 | Now what would you do if I was recording this conversation ? |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | If yu were to eat brown bread . |
| 15 | Ali poses a question , his eyes closed , his lips parting as if her were sliding open manhole covers . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | She would need all her wits if she were to stand any chance of getting away from him . |
| 20 | Turakina wrinkled her nose as if she was smelling bad meat . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 ? |
| 24 | 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 |
| 25 | You 'll not be surprised to find that in terms of national policy , I would have thought that was very clear if you were given that choice , what the policy should be . |
| 26 | If you were to press this thing |
| 27 | If you were to ask that man what is more important under Heaven — his public achievements or the death of that person — his answer would not be the majority one , the public one , but the private and particular one . |
| 28 | If you were to let that iron cool , what form of iron would you actually have ? |
| 29 | If you were to serve yourself an average helping of cabbage , though , it would usually weigh at least two ounces if you were eating it raw as part of a portion of coleslaw , for example , or four ounces if you were serving boiled cabbage . |
| 30 | If you were to use essential oil neat , that 's the little drops of oil , it 's too strong and it will h Well it wo n't harm you but it wo n't it might set up irritations . |