Example sentences of "if [pers pn] have [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I had to choose one man to kick a 40-yard penalty from close to the touchline to rescue The Earth from being knocked out of the Inter-Galactic Cup in the last minute , Grant Fox would be the man … |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | If I had to put any money on any one at this moment , it would have to be them . |
| 4 | ‘ I would go crazy if I had to stop 500 racing after just one season , especially if it was n't because of my own fault . |
| 5 | If I had to pick one of the midfielders to go there it would be Speed … but I think we would then lose something going forward . |
| 6 | I suppose I would , too , if I had to serve all the creeps that come in here every night . ’ |
| 7 | It would nt hurt to say ‘ Yes I m sory to leave Leeds and the supporters behind … but the club needed the money and if I had to join another club it would be Blackburn ( and onto the usual bullshit ) ’ Fuck me even Cantona said something nice about us . |
| 8 | If I had to face such a situation again , I 'd be very careful if there was a storm around . |
| 9 | If I had to select one of my pairs of binoculars for observations of nebulæ I think I would choose the × 7 instrument , though I agree that the more powerful binoculars can bring out more details in the fainter nebulæ . |
| 10 | ‘ All right , then , ’ said Dolly , ‘ let me tell you that if I 'ave to spend two more rotten days just kickin' me heels , I 'll smash the place up . ’ |
| 11 | You do n't want to say it out loud Phil cos if I have to swap one of my cards I 'm not gon na give him an N |
| 12 | ‘ Yes , I do know , but it 'll be a pity if I have to abandon this present test I 'm working on , wo n't it ? ’ |
| 13 | The Argentina captain said yesterday he was unrepentant , but added : ‘ If I have to say sorry I will , ’ for his remarks on Tuesday that he believed the draw was decided in advance , putting Argentina in the hardest group . |
| 14 | ‘ Usually I need to ask the school committee if I have to replace any equipment , but if I need something really essential like a new clock I can buy it straight away . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ If I have to make some new decisions about myself and how I 'm going to live my life from now on . ’ |
| 16 | " Not much , if I have to walk barefoot through my share of it , following you — waiting for you — being left behind by you — with a tribe of children trailing after me . " |
| 17 | How would you , if you had to do that if you do it the easy way , do n't do it the hard way , how would you do that ? |
| 18 | So they had me as continuity and I got the job and it was a bit of a struggle because I 'd always been traffic , traffic at work but this was a little bit different in that if you had to do more accountancy and I had to pick it up . |
| 19 | Now if you had to have all the locks changed in your house , that probably come out on an even . |
| 20 | And number four , if you had to have two or three images to this collage , what would you choose and why ? |
| 21 | For example , if you have to undertake practical work ( e.g. placement with an organization ) as part of your course , who obtains that placement and how closely does it have to fit in with academic training ? |
| 22 | If you have to point lower because the wind has changed direction ( you have been headed ) , this is a sign to tack and gain ground over those who have n't spotted it . |
| 23 | If you have to use technical terms and you have any reason to believe that your reader may not understand them , then you should explain them . |
| 24 | If you have to use one transmitter for both types of guitar , make the modification to the input socket on the active guitar only : ie. fit the resistor inside the guitar , in series from the output wire to the jack socket . |
| 25 | Yes , if you have to spend any time in hospital as the result of an accident which requires an overnight stay . |
| 26 | If you have to put this stuff in I think that you should be obliged to include a joke so that the rest of us can get something from it . |
| 27 | But if you have to choose one market and you 're producing for or looking to sell to TV , then MIP-TV is probably the better place . |
| 28 | ‘ You really do n't know much about me , if you have to ask that , do you ? ’ |
| 29 | Marks & Spencer and Waitrose both have champagnes which you could usefully treat in the same way if you have to cool dark hole to bung them in . |
| 30 | If you have to translate any of these , when as soon as after |