Example sentences of "i [was/were] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I were to take this gun and shoot … who ? |
| 2 | If I were to choose any country in the world to live as a family in it would have to be somewhere different , perhaps exotic . |
| 3 | And I were to guess that learning together is also a model of rich and diverse possibilities . |
| 4 | DENNING J. stated the facts and continued : If I were to consider this matter without regard to recent developments in the law , there is no doubt that , had the plaintiffs claimed it , they would have been entitled to recover ground rent at the rate of £2,500 a year from the beginning of the term , since the lease under which it was payable was a lease under seal which , according to the old common law , could not be varied by an agreement by parol ( whether in writing or not ) , but only by deed . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | Said I was to take extra care to keep your ears warm , specially with this wind . |
| 9 | Then he said , ‘ If I was to advertise this job how likely would you be to apply for it ? ’ , and suddenly the hairs prickled on the back of my neck , because I knew he was serious . |
| 10 | Later I was to see this body investigating a syllabus elsewhere . |
| 11 | The Monday evening they phone me up and said that I was to attend another meeting on Tuesday which I believe were the twenty second to which they said , We 've thought about it and we 've decided not to continue your employment . |
| 12 | My Fellow Tablers , I will never ever forget how proud I was to say those words , Fellow Tablers , my first as a Tabler after being inducted some thirteen years ago . |
| 13 | Over the years I was to meet Irish women who , unable to stand the barrages of racism , distorted and changed their accents in order to pass . |
| 14 | I was to have one visit from the district nurse and , of course , check-ups from my GP and surgeon . |
| 15 | I got to know Rosemary before Basil ; she was my Art Adviser in my earliest days of teaching and how fortunate I was to have such encouragement , support and stimulation . |
| 16 | Soon after my operation , I was to have another experience of this ignorance . |
| 17 | If I was to have any chance of being posted to Calvi , I would have to come in the top five in basic training . |
| 18 | Later I was to find this sort of coincidence recurring . |
| 19 | But I was to discover another facet of Soviet hospital life when , after the last meal of the day at six o'clock , I became aware of a plaintive female voice outside my window . |
| 20 | There would have been no reprieve had I deposited my CFI over the side and I suppose that could have happened , I was to learn many years later , however , most of the formation complained that I steered a very erratic course , and I thought it was the CFI touching the control column in his cockpit , and with his feet ( suggesting that I move to the right or the left ) . |
| 21 | When I realised that Barny was untrainable , I knew I would have to find a hand-reared owl if I was to stand any chance of training one successfully . |