Example sentences of "if [pers pn] had a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | If I had a decent book . |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | ( How would my life change if I had a great deal of money ? |
| 6 | I can make leads , I mean , if you have to do it , if I had a spare moment |
| 7 | ‘ It was as if I had a vast chip on my shoulder . |
| 8 | I think if I had a bigger bust my guts would n't look so big . |
| 9 | If I had a little money in a rich man 's world . |
| 10 | ‘ If I had a magnifying glass screwed intae ma heid I might , ’ his friend replied scornfully . |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | 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 ! |
| 13 | 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 ! ) |
| 14 | ‘ If I had a magic wand I would wave it and get Nigel back . |
| 15 | Well if I had a broken freezer I 'd mend it . |
| 16 | If I had a broken window I would n't put my fingers through it — no way . |
| 17 | If I had a nine-to-five job in an office , you could n't just call in . |
| 18 | ‘ I was thinking of a smoke myself , ’ he said , his eyes fixed on the pouch , as if staring it down , ‘ if I had a few minutes in hand . ’ |
| 19 | do you think it 'll be , be really bad if I had a little bit ? |
| 20 | If I had a little land then I would be fine . ’ |
| 21 | If I had a little light , I thought , I might be tempted to a bit of a read in bed . |
| 22 | Boycs asked me at Headingley if I had a big car . |
| 23 | ‘ If I had a proper job , and a regular salary , it would be different . |
| 24 | I think I could have done better if I had a different attitude , ’ she said . |
| 25 | It was as if she had a hot line to the Devil . |
| 26 | So had every other beautiful girl , of course ; but Jane Ashton was now not only the first beautiful girl Killion had kissed good night , she was the first to kiss him in return , and kiss him as if she had a great deal to give as well as take . |
| 27 | It did seem , however , that Donna Hazell , the girl with leukaemia , stood a very good chance of being cured if she had a bone-marrow transplant . |
| 28 | The girl who would only appear in school plays if she had a non-speaking part was now centre stage . |
| 29 | Still , the dream had felt so real that he could n't resist ringing her from the office to ask if she had a sixteen-year-old sister he could meet . |
| 30 | The man paid the gaveller about a shilling a day : if she had a young child to look after at the same time she would have to manage as best she could . |