Example sentences of "if [pron] [vb past] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those radicals ( among whom Gaitskell was , oddly , not numbered ) who wanted to abolish the public schools , or amalgamate them somehow into the maintained system , persuaded themselves for a time that if this were done , and if everyone had a chance to take the 11 + and compete for a place at a grammar school , then justice would have been done and educational standards would be secure . |
| 2 | In if everyone had a meter , |
| 3 | I used to get worked up if I made a mistake , I mean , I weave and a nervous breakdown spooling |
| 4 | But if I made a scene I 'm pretty sure it would be me who 'd come out looking like a fool . |
| 5 | If I took a knock I would n't feel it , and that would make things worse . |
| 6 | Yes , I own my own cab but the real mushers would have me if I took a fare . ’ |
| 7 | See if I took a pension mortgage out it would be linked to me lumped into me current pension contract . |
| 8 | ‘ At first the idea of writing a wind serenade to precede The Marriage of Figaro was daunting : it has such an exciting overture , it certainly needs no further curtain-raiser — and what if I took a theme from the opera and overdid it , so no wanted to hear it in its proper place ? |
| 9 | And well I du n no if I took a continuity one round to the left . |
| 10 | ‘ If I stuck a pom-pom on each nipple and waggled them in front of Jed , he 'd tell me I was blocking his view of the telly , ’ says Mandy . |
| 11 | A lot of them would be much happier if I wore a headscarf and jangled gypsy bangles . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ It 's only rissoles , I 'm afraid , ’ said Alec , but if I felt a pang of disappointment that the first meal at his house was n't going to be out of the ordinary I was mistaken . |
| 13 | Like because their account , you know , if you write , like if I wrote a cheque out to you today , and you did n't cash it for four weeks |
| 14 | So if I wrote a letter and would n't let you see it , how would you feel ? |
| 15 | The only time I might lie about my age is if I met a toy boy ! ’ |
| 16 | Johnson , outlining a preference for vegetable derivatives rather than animal , said , ‘ I have often thought , that , if I kept a seraglio , the ladies should all wear linen gowns , or cotton — I mean stuffs made of vegetable substances ’ and declared a hatred for silk : ‘ you can not tell when it is clean . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ If I saw a comedy show that was very good , I 'd get depressed , and if I saw something that was very bad , I 'd get depressed . |
| 18 | S. H. Patrolling up Prescot Road during the war , if I saw a light on , I used to shout , ‘ Put that bloody light out , ’ and if nobody put the light out , we used to let fly with a brick . |
| 19 | Er like i we if I saw a vase that was a little bit bigger and a bit more expensive than what you 'd have |
| 20 | No , she shall go , but if I knew a lady of birth such as her in person and mind , I would marry her tomorrow . |
| 21 | But I ‘ d be dropped faster than a hot brick if I betrayed a confidence . |
| 22 | Well maybe if I got a couple of people to fill in |
| 23 | I suppose if I got a newspaper it would help . |
| 24 | If I got a question wrong , which I did more often than not , he would repeat it in what seemed to me a contemptuous tone until I got it right . |
| 25 | As it happens , there 'd be a certain rough justice if I got a wage from it . |
| 26 | I know if I got a flat tomorrow I could cope , whereas I could n't have before . |
| 27 | So I went in there and I thought oh God , I mean I could , if you gave me , if I did a nice sketch and worked on it , if I spent a day a might |
| 28 | If I died a lump sum of thirty thousand pounds is payable . |
| 29 | If I signed a contract to carry out a complete refurbishment of the interior of your house I have an obligation to fulfil that contract . |
| 30 | I remain in the car throughout the other headlines to see if I scored a double . |