Example sentences of "if [pron] [vb past] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think if you went and saw our own doctors a lot of our fears would be allayed because most of the young doctors would n't , would recommend to you , my own doctor asked me all the questions and different things and then he says he 's a young doctor , he says if I were a women and if I 'd answered all the questions as you did , I would go on H R T. |
| 2 | ‘ If I 'd leaked this myself ? ’ |
| 3 | If I 'd wanted that kind of wife , I 'd have married Eleanor . ’ |
| 4 | To cast aspersions on the new revolutionaries was to put his own patriotism in question : ‘ if I 'd done that , Bill Casey , Jean Kirkpatrick ( the Ambassador to the United Nations ) and Cap Weinberger would have said I was some kind of a commie . ’ |
| 5 | Thanks to Werewolf , it looked as if I 'd done that already . |
| 6 | If I 'd done that if I 'd done that be worse you do n't use bad language but he 'd be he 's he 'd be |
| 7 | If I 'd done that if I 'd done that be worse you do n't use bad language but he 'd be he 's he 'd be |
| 8 | Paintings erm have the power to take you back in time , I can look at a painting and remember something that 's happened yesterday or years and years ago and as a small child , looking at this painting I remembered as a small child seeing for the first time erm the sea dipping into er , sorry the sun dipping into , into the sea and being horrified I was convinced that the heat of the sun would boil the oceans and the world dry and it reminded me for an awful lot of my childhood and I 'm sure if I 'd seen this painting years ago it would of persuaded me otherwise , erm this is called In A Days Work Satisfaction in a days work , chosen not given , eating the laxed food , face turned to steer a sun , making cloth into a gown and giving colour to the side of a boat |
| 9 | In a famous recent case , someone said : ‘ If I 'd seen this pile of bricks on the side of the road I 'd never have thought it was art ’ . |
| 10 | No , but if I 'd said that |
| 11 | I did n't know if I 'd covered all these |
| 12 | If I 'd had some castanets I 'd have clicked them in his face . |
| 13 | ‘ If I 'd had any sense at all I would have signed them up for ten years or fifteen per cent … ! ’ |
| 14 | It rang again almost immediately — Alan again , asking if I 'd had any luck . |
| 15 | And if I 'd had any problems , he sorted them out . |
| 16 | Frankly , if I 'd had any forewarning of this then I 'd have made certain that our paths would never cross again ! ’ |
| 17 | If I 'd had any doubts about your competence you can be sure I would n't have left you to cope here . ’ |
| 18 | I 'm sure that if I 'd had this excellent book when learning to windsurf my progress would have been much faster . |
| 19 | If I 'd had another one with a couple of |
| 20 | ‘ If I 'd taken more trouble with economics I might have been more effective as Prime Minister . |
| 21 | well if I 'd known enough company she said , I 'd have been at home with me feet up |
| 22 | ‘ If I 'd known this a few days ago , it woulda saved a lotta trouble . |
| 23 | If I 'd known this cake were gon na go so quick I would n't of fro froze that other one . |
| 24 | What would you have said if I 'd suggested that ? ’ |
| 25 | But if I had said this to you three months ago would you have thought it worth the extra outlay ? |
| 26 | Back at the firm , did my colleagues ask if I had made any good deals , ordered too much or made new contacts ? |
| 27 | Someone recently said to me ‘ I 'm gradually getting over the death of my husband , but if I had realized all the extra work I would have I 'm not sure I could have coped . |
| 28 | If I had to nominate those politicians whose views I most trusted , who have most clearly articulated my own fluid , contingent thoughts on the crisis as it developed , I would opt for two pensionable septuagenarians , both of whom I despised in their political heyday : Denis Healey , who sold the Labour government to the IMF , and Ted Heath , who became the Tories ' lamest duck of all . |
| 29 | If I had to put any money on any one at this moment , it would have to be them . |
| 30 | ‘ I just show the prisoners a picture of an aborted baby and I say to them if I had done that to a baby I deserve to be here , but what I am trying to do is prevent it happening . ’ |