Example sentences of "[conj] if [pers pn] [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked at my work and said I had talent , but that I needed " earnest practice in drawing " , to which I wholly agree : He also said he would be glad to take me as his " chela " but that my name and work must go before the council of professors of the Academy , which meets next Thursday , 17th inst. and that if they accepted me I could start work on the following Monday , 21st inst . |
| 2 | ‘ But you can help me , Katie ; I 'd like you to spread the word around and tell people what my business is , and that if they need me I 'll be able to help and charge only a little interest . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Clients have to be — and are — aware that I 've got a young family and that if they ring me after 5pm there are likely to be children screaming for their tea in the background . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I also pointed out that if you scratch me I bite , ’ he reminded her softly . |
| 5 | In fact I 've often said that if you show me a system which does n't have a performance problem then you 've shown me a system which is a failure . |
| 6 | Well , I ca n't promise that if you leave I 'll be as generous as he was ; I 'll continue your allowance certainly , but as for a house , no ; for as you are well aware , because you know the books as well as I do , it takes us all our time , even with my salary , to continue living here as we have done of yore . |
| 7 | But then in the next fraction of the same instant I realized that if I thought I had ceased to exist then I existed that the very thinking of this thought was me . |
| 8 | I would have loved to have stayed because I really enjoy things like that , I love discos and get up and have a dance but I knew damn well that if I did I 'd be absolutely shattered today and I , I just would n't be with it so I , I said to Matthew I 'm going up . |
| 9 | His love of life is terribly strong , and he knows that if he kills me , he too will die . |
| 10 | You can tell him from me that if he wants me to stay in this urban backwater of yours he 'll have to provide me with an interesting occupation — and I do n't mean modelling your dress . |
| 11 | Lord Home ordered his agents in Scotland to seize Brown as soon as he landed and to impress upon him ‘ what is very trew that if he oppose me he will dissoblige Prince Waldeck and all his officers ’ , and thus presumably ruin any chance which he might have of advancement . |
| 12 | That he heard I was so tremendously successful in the Gothic style that if he let me alone I should Gothicize the whole country , &c. , &c. , & c . |
| 13 | A moment later the wizard was standing over him , shouting , ‘ Tell it that if it singes me I 'll let the sword go ! |
| 14 | I wonder if she 'd say that if she knew I was to blame ? he thought . |
| 15 | I told that woman that if she offered me |
| 16 | I suddenly realized that if she suspected I knew of her guilt , she might attack me . |
| 17 | And when anyone treats my daughter like that I find it very hard to forgive , I know it hurts my kids , I 'm much more up in arms than if they hurt me . |
| 18 | " I was on teams with older girls and if they drank I would follow suit , " she explained . |
| 19 | And if they throw me out … ’ he trailed off with a shrug . |
| 20 | They 're going to be celebrating with a match against the Kew Occasionals fifteen , who include two Irish internationals and six former blues , and afterwards there 'll be a firework display , and if they phone me up I 'll come along , as long as it 's free of charge . |
| 21 | I then expect I will be tortured , and if they see I do n't die they will poison me . |
| 22 | and if they think I 'm taking part in another they must be absolutely joking |
| 23 | We make all our decisions together and if she wanted me to pack it all in I would . ’ |
| 24 | I thought it was a bit of a cheek seeing as I 'm due here mornings but I 've nothing against Mrs. Schofield and if she wanted me I was n't above obliging . |
| 25 | And if she gives me any of her pernickety , finicky quips I 'll throw it over her . |
| 26 | ‘ No , ’ he said , ‘ and if I had I would n't spend it on that . ’ |
| 27 | And if I had I would n't lend it to anyone as rotten damn patronizing , stupid and heartless as you . ’ |
| 28 | Andy has got a job to do and so have I. But if I lose he will be gutted for me at the end and if I lose I will be gutted for him . ’ |
| 29 | If they have got something cooking , and if I found I did n't like it when it came , I 'd tell them to get stuffed . |
| 30 | But to Phyllis Broome , a Worcestershire neighbour , writer and walking companion , he wrote : ‘ Here is the biggest job in the world and if I fail I shall share the fate of many a bigger man than I. But it 's a fine thought , is n't it ? |