Example sentences of "if [pron] was [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I was just a film actor maybe I would have done because that 's where all the films get made . |
| 2 | If she was just a pop star she would not be able to do it , ’ said Mel Bush . |
| 3 | For all I knew she was with you , but if she was just a visitor , I had to make sure she would be all right . |
| 4 | If he wanted her , even if it was only to satiate a temporary need , even if she was only a substitute for the woman he really wanted , then she would oblige , because he had reduced her will-power to nothing . |
| 5 | She was a woman , and , even if she was hardly the sophisticate Nicolo imagined her to be , at least she knew what passion was . |
| 6 | There 's hardly anybody about but if you was here a year ago , this was a little island on it 's own little concrete island on it 's own . |
| 7 | His beautiful eyes were full of warmth and laughter , and if there was also a trace of cynicism she chose not to identify it . |
| 8 | It would be a pretty terrible place , this boarding section , if there was just the headmaster and his wife . ’ |
| 9 | At the extreme , nuclear power poses the risk that if the reaction inside the core should get out of control , or even if there was just the failure of a vital pipe or valve , even larger quantities of radiation would enter the human environment . |
| 10 | Even if there was still a peace to be saved in 1940 , it seemed most unlikely that Labour would win the election . |
| 11 | We talk about decisions as if there was always a point in time before which the decision was not made arid after which it has been made . |
| 12 | Worn out with his own personal brand of window shopping ; all that staring and never buying anything , all those shop windows , all those men to stare at and not dare follow , as if there was indeed a sheet of plate glass between him and them . |
| 13 | There is a touch of the actor in every good schoolmaster , but it must be doubted if there was ever a man in whom the two professions were so evenly balanced . |
| 14 | But , read the chapter this way or that , if there was ever a case for recognising that unions have a right to share in the management of companies , that case depended critically upon a general expectation — amounting to a near-certainty — that , rather than give primacy to their sectional interests , unions would and could act in the general interest whenever it was necessary or desirable for them to do so . |
| 15 | If there was ever a classic is about the laziest bastard on this side of Christendom and he and he he would n't do anything that supports your business at all |
| 16 | Penge U.D.C. were quite happy with the proposed double track throughout , as they thought it would help if there was ever a prospect of through running with the London County Council . |
| 17 | If there was ever a time to change things radically that time has long passed . |
| 18 | She did n't normally drink any alcohol , but , if there was ever a time that she stood in need of hard liquor , this was definitely it ! |
| 19 | ‘ But is n't it remarkable that we should say , ‘ I meant … ‘ ( that is , in the past tense ) if there was only the sentence , ‘ Go to the bank ’ and no accompanying interpretation ? ’ ( 39–40 ) . |
| 20 | Well you could do your own bands , but you were awful lucky if there was only the bairns about , and they did your band for you . |
| 21 | You know , if it was a dog that was lost , if it was a cat that was lost , if it was even a pigeon that had got lost they 've got some homing device , but the sheep has n't even got that , it ca n't even find it 's own way home . |
| 22 | If it was just a question of effort , the pit would be in no danger . ’ |
| 23 | I wondered if she really felt strongly about this or if it was just a habit to sound as if she did . |
| 24 | If it was simply a matter of the operating system , I 'd have said that it did n't much matter which of the two you chose to go with . |
| 25 | She had to be giving something , he knew , if it was only a word . |
| 26 | ‘ It does seem a bit extreme , ’ Doyle agreed , ‘ but if it was only a rumour I would n't be here . |
| 27 | Even if it was only a car driver 's license . |
| 28 | She knew she 'd be happier with a specific task to take her mind off things rather than just sitting about waiting for whatever might happen next , even if it was only the passing of time . |
| 29 | She briefly wondered if it was perhaps the work of Earth Reptiles , but swiftly dismissed the idea , since not only did the style not match theirs , but there was no sign of their hibernation hives . |
| 30 | She seemed to accept without question that Alexandra was the one who would handle the crisis , if it was still a crisis by the time she got into the office . |