Example sentences of "if [pers pn] [adv] [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I just wanted Lou out of the way for some other reason , I would n't waste five thousand green American dollars to do it . ’ |
| 2 | If I ever had cause to hate anyone , it would be him , and I 'm going to tell him so , when I meet him . ’ |
| 3 | The proctologist handed me three envelopes , one addressed to each of us , then told me that if I ever had piles I could rely on him to cut them out for cost . |
| 4 | ‘ If I ever saw pepper coming out of a pepper pot I would find that funny . |
| 5 | If I actually met Mr Diamond , I would picture him clutching the bag and its contents to his chest . |
| 6 | ‘ If I never played golf , ’ he says , ‘ I would be even more insane than I am . ’ |
| 7 | " And you , Acorn , you dog-eared , dung-faced disgrace to a gamekeeper 's gibbet ; if I only had time to tell you — " |
| 8 | ‘ My money problems are only temporary , I 'd learn to drive if I only had time for the lessons , and you 'd be surprised at how many gadgets I 've learned to use and even repair during the past four years . |
| 9 | I 'm looking out at the moodily lit bathroom and wondering what I would do if I suddenly saw William appear out there , flight bags in hand , a Surprise , honey , I 'm home ! look on his face . |
| 10 | The woman 's eyes were bold , and Burun wondered if she also shared Jagatan 's bed . |
| 11 | Well , if she ever met Billy Sullivan on the street again she would feel less inhibited about talking with him , as long as he remained proper , she told herself with a smile . |
| 12 | If she ever went freelance , she would need all the contacts she could get . |
| 13 | And as proof in the healing power of accepted love her hands undid him , as he undid her , until , naked together , he lifted himself to enter her , and if for McAllister there was a moment of trapped fear it disappeared when she was truly his , and they were , at last , one thing , moving together in harmony in an experience quite unlike the shock and terror which she had felt with Havvie , and had always feared would happen to her if she ever made love again . |
| 14 | Soft , uncallused , as if she always wore hose and shoes . |
| 15 | She certainly needed a break from Glyn , and if she never saw Mr Edmund Clarke again it would be too soon . |
| 16 | That night she cried herself to sleep wondering where she had gone wrong and thinking she could not bear it if she never saw Edward again . |
| 17 | Erm I would , I think it would be very useful if you could make time in the next day or so , you do n't have to spend long on this you know , if you just spent sort of |
| 18 | It was a , I think if you really did midwifery er when you were doing it privately there was always a doctor there i sort of in charge as well . |
| 19 | Would you have got together with Rosalind if you never met Juliet , would you have actually got together with Rosalind ? |
| 20 | If you ever asked Ian to keep a debate going in committee ( while the front bench caught up ) he would do so to order and with a style 1 have never seen equalled . |
| 21 | It resulted in the erm extra requirement for security which does happen to which Mr has referred and I I think it 's it 's very very important to realise that if that three party cooperation can be achieved as it should be , bearing in mind what Simon says that we are going to have to do this , with horrendous problems in the youth and community project in the future and we would be failing completely in our duty , not just to the people of Highfields , but to the people of this whole county if we simply allowed politics , as has been done in the past , to lead to entrenched positions and the idea of simply saying to the director , we are in a mess therefore will you please deal with it all is I think wildly irresponsible and I 'm very very surprised indeed that erm that point should be put . |
| 22 | but if we actually said blow by blow what you 're supposed |
| 23 | If we still had horses … " |
| 24 | " If we still had horses we could eat them . " |
| 25 | No I suppose we 've got to admit that that 's true , if we really had faith we would n't be anxious . |
| 26 | there are times when we think that if we really had faith , if we really believed , if we were true Christians then we would have this peace and serenity about us . |
| 27 | ( If the expression ‘ form of life ’ is found puzzling , think of what life would be like if we never asked people to do or not to do things , never apologised for doing or not doing things , and so on . ) |
| 28 | Our objective measures of light intensity would be discarded if they universally gave answers that contradicted our subjective experiences . |
| 29 | Vince has has raised a point about er erm , informing er and consulting local people and to let local people know erm when the meetings are then local ca n't go , I 'm sure that if they really wanted people to come they 'd make it much more er , in erm with the advertising so clear that er people would be able to and also if they had it at the times when a their meeting at the times when it was mostly convenient to er , the general public . |
| 30 | There was much criticism of the time taken up in the Commons by these devolution measures , and also of the careless drafting of two bills which were likely to produce a legal and constitutional nightmare if they ever took effect . |