Example sentences of "if [pers pn] [vb past] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well Mary said if I thought for a minute that she would stick at it , I would pay for her but |
| 2 | I mean if I knew for the fact that I was gon na get this job at the hospital I 'd pay for it |
| 3 | When I was sure he was alone , I followed him into the bank and while he queued I read a leaflet to see if I qualified for a home mortgage . |
| 4 | They offered not only to plant a tree in my name , if I applied for a policy , but also the choice of a free radio alarm clock or a telephone . |
| 5 | If I waited for a hundred years , if I devoted my life to fasting and asceticism and scholarship as the Druids do , still it would make no difference . |
| 6 | You make me decide to go on a diet immediately , though even if I starved for a month I 'd never get a waist as slim as yours . ’ |
| 7 | I figured that if I asked for a transfer I 'd either get a rise or would be able to work out a better deal for myself if I went elsewhere . |
| 8 | If I went for a walk now , I would still be thinking about band things . |
| 9 | It 's not as if I worked for a large network news show . |
| 10 | Later I tell C that if I worked for the Daily Star , I 'd have my story already . |
| 11 | Would it be alright if I stayed for the rest of the afternoon ? |
| 12 | She informed her great-granddaughter that if she filed for a divorce she would take Andrew 's side and say that what he had done in taking a mistress and in finally attempting suicide was because she had never acted as a wife to him . |
| 13 | She felt weak and seedy and if she went for a walk her ankles puffed up . |
| 14 | Perhaps , if she waited for a while , Christine might come to her again . |
| 15 | ‘ All right , all right , ’ she quickly agreed as it dawned on her that if he was who she thought he was then she was going about it completely the wrong way if she hoped for an interview . |
| 16 | The old woman stared at him and her eyes were bright and piercing and the silver thimble had fallen to the lap of her dress , and her fists were clenched now as if she searched for a memory , and her husband watched her anxiously as if he witnessed that she was at war within herself . |
| 17 | If you studied for a two-year teachers ' certificate at the University before the early 1980s , you qualify to join the Duannians . |
| 18 | Experience may help you take some of these into account but if you went for a fixed fee you may have to pitch it at such a level to allow for these that it 's perhaps twice what it might be and you could lose the client . |
| 19 | ‘ Well , if you went for the certificate you want the job , do n't you ’ |
| 20 | But I think if you went for the figure as proposed by the H B F , you would be going actively against the regeneration statutory which is the erm the government 's policy . |
| 21 | This is for £1.05p , or 90p if you opted for the discount . |
| 22 | Er and y you know if you sent for a doctor you were almost apologetic that the mother was torn . |
| 23 | Er but if a , a doctor 's visit I think they used to pay five shilling if , if you sent for the doctor . |
| 24 | If you asked for a special audit they would probably welcome it , as an indication that the bank was going to great lengths not to put them out of business . " |
| 25 | If you asked for the evidence of accountability , there were no measures . |
| 26 | if it arrived , if you paid for a before |
| 27 | ‘ If you worked for the Times you 'd have known John . |
| 28 | ‘ Well , if you worked for the blacksmith , ’ this old man said , ‘ that was me ! ’ |
| 29 | If you worked for the probation service |
| 30 | Evelyn reckoned him to be about twenty-six if you allowed for the drink . |