Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I wondered if I were going mad . |
| 32 | Now if I were to mix some of that with another substance I could make printing ink . |
| 33 | If I were to rewrite this book in ten years ' time , in the light of further research and experience , my own views might well have changed somewhat . |
| 34 | ‘ Perhaps it would help if I were to relate all this to what is known among the micro-electronic geniuses as ‘ virtual reality ’ . |
| 35 | But if I were to find such a change taking place while an animal is learning , unless the conditions for that change met all the subsequent criteria , I would be no further forward than the experiments of the 1960s that I criticized in the last chapter . |
| 36 | ‘ I knew that I was playing with fire ’ , he confessed ; ‘ I ran the risk , and if I were set free I would still do the same . ’ |
| 37 | But what do you think my parents would think if I were to become involved with you ? |
| 38 | I were told that other day . |
| 39 | If I were to seek one word to describe the quality of these works of art many by famous names , many by local artists to whom the purchase brought rare encouragement — I should say that they are alive . |
| 40 | I felt I had to get clear early on if I were to have any real chance . |
| 41 | ‘ I would back myself to score 20 goals this season if I were to have three chances in every game , but those opportunities do not come so easy for me in Italy . |
| 42 | Would you object if I were to buy any other land that might be on offer , and work it with the farm ? ’ |
| 43 | I was nurturing this comforting thought when I turned into a large assembly room with numbered doors leading from it . |
| 44 | So I was nurturing this one in the greenhouse . |
| 45 | I knew the answer before I was recalled twenty minutes later , and Dr Barton pronounced judgment . |
| 46 | It was five-thirty in the morning , and when I finally got to sleep I was hating those birds . |
| 47 | Stockholm-based DJ Dr Alban — who has shot to No 4 with It 's My Life admits : ‘ I was drilling this guy 's tooth when all of a sudden blood started spurting everywhere . |
| 48 | He said ooh , he said there was some American students here last week and they were all swimming in there and the man came along with this thing and they bo they were all sat on the middle lo middle of there with their feet dangling in the water splashing away , he said I was dragging this down and this six footer came out , I said , and then they were he said , you 've never seen anybody run so fast in your life like they go |
| 49 | Said I was to take extra care to keep your ears warm , specially with this wind . |
| 50 | Mark Raggett , a businessman spearheading the effort , said : ‘ If I was to take some of these materials and technologies back to the Soviet Union , I would probably be breaking the law . ’ |
| 51 | She saw that I was looking pale and vacant and told me to sit down . |
| 52 | I could also see the colour of paint I was using due to the pearly-white bristles . |
| 53 | I was using regular for about two years after that until I was sent down . |
| 54 | I was using stiffer rods and he was using softer ones . |
| 55 | So for instance if my backup window is an hour and that 's how long it take me to backup my database today , if had the backup server and I was using one device it took an hour , if I used two it would learn one dialect of S Q L. as |
| 56 | Cos I was using that issue at that time , but we always make the proviso that if things change , you may have to alter your mind about where your money 's placed . |
| 57 | I started using oil more and more and by the time I was ten I was using Cubist techniques . |
| 58 | I started using oil more and more and by the time I was ten I was using Cubist techniques . |
| 59 | The point of the story is that when I was using softer rods and he favoured stiffer ones we both caught , relatively speaking , no fewer fish than we do today . |
| 60 | No , I was using some , I was washing with a mouthwash in the morning . |