Example sentences of "if [pers pn] had [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suppose if I had gone to school , my life would be completely changed . |
| 2 | He ought not to have died , and if I had gone with my mother to the doctor and done my part as a son , I feel as if he need not have done . ’ |
| 3 | I had also agreed to load up out of sight , though within easy walking distance , of villages — it would be as as if I had gone into the villages for supplies , but this way meant that I would n't attract anyone 's attention . |
| 4 | If I had gone into labour a couple of days earlier , I would have been on my own , down the block , with no nurse , nobody . |
| 5 | What use would it have been if I had gone into the lounge without something like that ? |
| 6 | I was no expert , but I would know enough to make a preliminary diagnosis and summon an ambulance if I had to arrange for her to be taken into hospital . |
| 7 | One thing is certain though ; if I had to choose between touch legering and swing-tipping for all my fishing , the swing-tip would be second choice . |
| 8 | If I had to choose between having children and having you , it would have to be you . |
| 9 | If I had to choose between the two , I could live without performing but not without song writing . |
| 10 | But I still felt as though I 'd have a nervous breakdown if I had to cope for much longer … . |
| 11 | Whatever she [ mother ] needs , it 's there regardless … if her money did n't amount to whatever she needed , she would get it , even if I had to borrow for it , she would get it from somewhere . |
| 12 | But in saying that , I , I would n't of minded if I had to go to college full-time cos I enjoyed it . |
| 13 | There was no way I could have refused even if I had wanted to , so a few days later I found myself shaking in the BBC 's hospitality suite , very glad to have Mary and Chris with me for moral support . |
| 14 | If I had landed on the ski-track , which was hard-packed and icy , I 'd have probably broken my neck , but I seemed to swerve off centre and thus landed in a soft snow-bank and lay panting , stunned and breathless , for a few minutes . |
| 15 | I felt a strange sensation in my stomach as I made my way down the sloping gangway and on to the tarmac , If I had felt like this on the morning of the 6th June , Lord Lovat would probably been going ashore without his bagpipe music . |
| 16 | And if I had turned into a handsome prince Gillian would probably have shown me — him — the door . |
| 17 | If I had done the things he has done , if I had copulated with whores so indiscriminately and shamelessly , then I too would expect to find some signs of such evil upon my frame . |
| 18 | If I had stayed on the pitch who knows what might have happened . |
| 19 | During the fifties ignorance about Black people was rife : I remember being asked on many occasions , as a child , if I had lived in the jungle , if my parents ate cat food or even people . |
| 20 | I 'd go crazy if I had to wait until supper . |
| 21 | I knew that if I had to drive to the park or into the country first , then the walking would never get done except at weekends . |
| 22 | She asked if I had heard from you and said that she wished to read the novel you were writing , and I 'm afraid I said I thought you were writing it . |
| 23 | He looked at me as if I had trodden in something on the way in . |
| 24 | If I had admitted to cold in any of these instances , I should also have had to admit that my fund of energy was n't limitless . |
| 25 | If I had admitted to being cold , I should also have had to admit that I was hungry , and this was something I was incapable of doing — if only because I did n't believe it to be true . |
| 26 | If I had to undress in front of them , I 'd be wondering what they were thinking about my body — ‘ Do they think I 'm anorexic , or just plain thin ? |
| 27 | She turned to me and asked if I had spoken to my husband today , was he well , and the children . |
| 28 | ‘ If I had spoken to anyone properly about how I felt after Hungerford , ’ he says , ‘ I 'm sure I would not have turned my problems over to the bottle . ’ |
| 29 | There was no way I wanted to be robbed again and I determined if I had to stand in a queue it would be with this chain in my hand . |
| 30 | Do you know what the total price of the tickets would have been if I had to pay for this , one hundred and ten pounds |