Example sentences of "if [pron] [vb past] [pron] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I soon realized that if I made it a bit spicy , I 'd get more than threepence for it , so I used to make up limericks , things like , |
| 2 | I know my father would raise a terrific stink if I told him the Headmistress had grabbed me by the hair and slung me over the playground fence . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Tell me , ’ he complained , ‘ what would be your reaction if I told you the moon just fell out of the sky ? ’ |
| 4 | As I believe that you both did , when you were my age — if you can remember so far back — but I knew you would prevent me from doing so if I told you the truth . ’ |
| 5 | Well if I knew who the hell Dawn 's brother was ! |
| 6 | If I got him a chop I 'd have a sausage or an egg with the bairns . |
| 7 | as if I had them every day — I 'd had one ! |
| 8 | As it stood , it consisted of a multi-volume jumble of vers libre , written over many years , some in the form of letters , especially to her mother — ‘ if I sent her a letter she sent me some money — so I kept on writing ’ — listing the men she 'd known . |
| 9 | ‘ You would n't come out here if I sent you the money for the air ticket , would you ? ’ |
| 10 | If I offered you a glass of Sancerre would you bring the wrath of God down on me ? ’ |
| 11 | Well I suppose I 'm sure Adrian wo n't mind if I paid him the day after or a week after or something . |
| 12 | ( ‘ Would you believe me if I called myself a Puritan ? |
| 13 | Here ref , what would you do if I called you a plonker ? |
| 14 | If I gave her a pencil she 'd chuck it back at you . |
| 15 | If I was outside , she said she could telephone me every day for nothing , if I gave her the number of a phone box and arranged to be there for a certain time … |
| 16 | Do you think if I , do you think if I gave him a fright , s see the , time he says he 's going off to his granny 's and I say away you go , and my mam says she 's not taking him . |
| 17 | All he wants to do is to get his hand inside my blouse or up my skirt , but if I gave him the chance to do anything more he 'd be so scared he 'd wet his pants . ’ |
| 18 | He said of course he 'd do it if I gave him the phone number of the hospital . |
| 19 | At Oxford I discovered that most people were only too willing to be friendly if I gave them a chance . |
| 20 | If I gave them an order to couple up a full line of maybe ten coaches , I would n't take it for granted that they 'd done it , I 'd walk up the coach , one walk up one side , down the other side and I would n't If there were a heating valve not open , if they forgot that you see , I would n't do it for them , I would go back and I 'd say , that S K third from the back end , the heating valve is not pulled down , you 've missed it , you 'd better When you 're up that way , just pull it down you see . |
| 21 | Erm If I gave you a problem about sort of prices of apples and pears |
| 22 | And I said , Oh well there we are take it If I gave you a pound |
| 23 | well that maybe true , but I think it 's working off an analogy on that , turning it the other way round and saying well erm if , if I got to the stage of erm , well possibly even seeking some information from the commission , well certainly if I gave you a conclusion for example , that it should be referred , erm and I think again even if I came to the conclusion that I should neither want , er there 's no point in seeking information from the Commission , nor should I refer it , or at least refer to the stage erm what his clients would be saying should be done in the interim and what he says in effect , for the reason he 's outlined is , er that we should proceed on the basis of erm the validity of the act erm and of the byelaws |
| 24 | I 'm sorry if I gave you a fright . |
| 25 | What would you do if I gave you the jade ? |
| 26 | So the gradient gives you a mea If I gave you the gradient , if I said the gradient is one , what would the angle be ? |
| 27 | I 'm not comfortable but I suppose if I gave it a go I would get used to it . |
| 28 | Yes erm I do n't know if I mentioned you a question properly er right there were young lads in there they be young lads in that lodge do this and they jump up and they make a decision quickly . |
| 29 | I do it without premeditation , as naturally and wearily as if I did it every night . |
| 30 | ‘ If I approached it the way I usually work , I 'd agree . |