Example sentences of "if [pron] [vb past] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many ailments which are blamed on old age could be avoided if everyone ate a healthy diet . |
| 2 | Now , if everyone had an average-sized lawn which they cut weekly for eight months using half a litre of petrol at each session , they would still burn less than 4 gallons a year . |
| 3 | By now my courage had failed and I had to be helped up the steep , wooden steps , the executioner 's assistants whispering that if I made a good show they would make sure I would choke for no more than ten minutes . |
| 4 | I could s I I even though it might make me a lot of money because I know that if I got if I made a dozen phone calls and did n't get any deals I 'd be out there wanting play the er I would n't trust myself . |
| 5 | Would you mind if I made a few housing enquiries for you ? |
| 6 | It 's going to cost you under thirty eight pounds , so I 've got a little bit of wei , leeway if I made a few mistakes . |
| 7 | I once asked my stage director what would happen if I made an unexpected ritardando . |
| 8 | It really does n't matter if I 'm a nice guy or not , or if I wrote an awful book . |
| 9 | ‘ If I kept a careful check on your movements — which I do n't — I can assure you it would not be for sentimental reasons . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I 'd suddenly start weeping if I saw a pregnant woman . |
| 11 | If I saw an Indian girl being beaten up , I might just watch or walk away . |
| 12 | He had wanted to know if I knew a good cardiologist , because he had a granddaughter with a rare heart condition who needed an operation , or else in a year 's time she would have died . |
| 13 | it 's that or a new head torch , but if I got a new head torch it , it perhaps but they 're about , they 're about thirty quid I think |
| 14 | If I got a new beat , I 'd go round the beat and say , ‘ Get to the kerb ! ’ and they 'd move to the kerb reluctantly . |
| 15 | ‘ I thought if I planted a few seeds of jealousy in your mind it might just drive you into my arms that little bit sooner . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I received a phone call from Stefan at 7.30 in the morning to check if I had a suitable donor for the operation , ’ said manager of Canine Rescue , Southwold , Jim Waddington , who looks after Bobby . |
| 17 | If I had a decent book . |
| 18 | so he 's going to do that , so I said well look , do you mind if I had a wee sort of prelim talk with him |
| 19 | McGrath said : ‘ If I had a New Year 's wish , it would be for us and Manchester United to battle it out in a two-horse race for the Championship — and for us to win it for a lot of reasons . ’ |
| 20 | ( How would my life change if I had a great deal of money ? |
| 21 | I can make leads , I mean , if you have to do it , if I had a spare moment |
| 22 | ‘ It was as if I had a vast chip on my shoulder . |
| 23 | I think if I had a bigger bust my guts would n't look so big . |
| 24 | If I had a little money in a rich man 's world . |
| 25 | ‘ If I had a magnifying glass screwed intae ma heid I might , ’ his friend replied scornfully . |
| 26 | I 'm beginning to wonder , if I had a cardboard cut-out made of myself and stuck that in front of him , whether he 'd even notice . ’ |
| 27 | I 'd be quite happy to go to work if erm if I had a good job and my boyfriend stayed at home , that 'd suit me fine ! |
| 28 | Despite our wariness of exclusivity , if I had a satisfactory answer to my first question ( somewhere along the lines of : we pay nothing and lose none of the candidate fee ! ) |
| 29 | ‘ If I had a magic wand I would wave it and get Nigel back . |
| 30 | Well if I had a broken freezer I 'd mend it . |