Example sentences of "if [pron] was [adv] [art] [noun sg] " 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 | ‘ I 'm beginning to wonder if I was n't a bit impetuous offering him the job just like that . |
| 3 | If I was n't a hat designer I 'm sure I 'd have loads of hats anyway . ’ |
| 4 | By the age of 23 , I 'd starred in a one-man show on Broadway and when the play closed I confronted the truth that if I was n't the star of a play I could n't feed myself . |
| 5 | If I was n't an animal-lover there would have been no problem , but when it comes to catching pigeons I draw the line at the fish-hook method on humanitarian grounds . |
| 6 | If I was n't an actor I 'd be covered in tattoos and pierced up the fucking ying-yang . |
| 7 | No I think he generally thought they were the same thing , I think I would of done if I was n't an educationalist , but I mean it 's his business to know really is n't it ? |
| 8 | If I was not a priest and if I was in your position , I imagine I would feel the same . |
| 9 | So if she was n't an actress , would she like to try news presenting ? |
| 10 | If she was just a pop star she would not be able to do it , ’ said Mel Bush . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | This was star billing indeed for a junior minister and Sir Robin Day mischievously asked Mr Major why Mrs Shephard was in the line-up if she was not a member of the Cabinet . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | She was a woman , and , even if she was hardly the sophisticate Nicolo imagined her to be , at least she knew what passion was . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | His beautiful eyes were full of warmth and laughter , and if there was also a trace of cynicism she chose not to identify it . |
| 17 | It would be a pretty terrible place , this boarding section , if there was just the headmaster and his wife . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | It Rings if there was n't a will there would n't be a bill perhaps ? |
| 20 | She did n't , actually , but if there was n't a proverb to fit then it was time someone wrote one . |
| 21 | Her face flamed and she glared at him , wondering if there was n't a grain of truth in what he said . |
| 22 | But it would n't be worth doing , if there was n't a chance that it might end in tears . |
| 23 | Cos none of the piss would be able to get out if there was n't a slit on your dick |
| 24 | Now though Chris , this er is a charity and obviously you 've , you 've got research money from them ; if there was n't a charity like this , would you be able to do the sort of research that you 're doing at the moment ? |
| 25 | He might condescend to attend at half-time if there was n't a party or a bird somewhere . |
| 26 | The timber trade argues if there was n't a demand by British customers for mahogany products they would n't sell it . |
| 27 | They 're just the same with the police force , there could be er , er , an increase in police pay , or there could be any , a very large incident which would require planning , if these happen then it has always been the case , if there was n't the money available then a precept could be put upon us as a local authorities to er , cover that erm , directly . |
| 28 | Well , that raises the old question — or might raise it , if there was not an answer to it-of Lampleigh v. Brathwait ( above , p. 200 ) , a subject of great interest to every scientific lawyer , as to whether a past service will support a promise . |
| 29 | Even if there was still a peace to be saved in 1940 , it seemed most unlikely that Labour would win the election . |
| 30 | 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 . |