Example sentences of "if i had [verb] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I dread to think where the pound would have been in the past few days if I had followed the advice of Opposition Members . |
| 2 | Batty said : ‘ If I had to miss the game , I know we still have a squad strong enough to beat Rangers . ’ |
| 3 | If I had to name the twentieth-century figure who reminds me most of corduroys , it would have to be Albert Einstein . |
| 4 | For if I had believed the opposite of 2 , my belief 1 would not be justified unless I also believe something like 3 . |
| 5 | They read somewhat strangely , as if I had imagined the whole thing , or cooked it up for an April Fool joke . |
| 6 | If I had written the script myself it could not have turned out better : two European titles and a British record . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Then I began to worry if I had done the right thing . |
| 9 | I would sing to myself , perfectly content to be alone in my own dream world , imagining myself on television receiving an award for beating a world record and I would see my name and picture in the ‘ Guinness Book of Records ’ on the high bookshelf in my brother 's room where I could not reach it , and yet , through all those mornings of endless riding round the yard , I never once counted just how many times I had ridden around to see if I had beaten the previous morning 's record , so sure was my conviction of success ! |
| 10 | If I had to give the best pen picture I could contrive of Harold Wilson , I would describe him as an immensely intelligent man , rather less — by my standards — than half-educated . |
| 11 | If I had to describe the contents of Zettel as the answer to one question I think the question would have to be : What is the relevance , for our understanding of ‘ psychological ’ concepts such as understanding , thinking , expecting , intending , imagining , seeing , dreaming , knowing , believing , doubting , pretending , remembering , and feeling , of that account of meaning which distinguishes the later from the earlier writings of Wittgenstein ? |
| 12 | Not even if I had to block the Valve for a week … |
| 13 | The way I see it — if I had saved the world from a lot of boring belly dancers I ought to be congratulated . |
| 14 | If I had to replace the lock myself it just would n't get done . ’ |
| 15 | As I climbed , I tried to remember if I had shut the Wheel Room door . |
| 16 | Perhaps in his way he was the sort of cricketer I would like to have been if I had possessed the talent . |
| 17 | With coincidence being stretched a little too far , I decided to recheck my work to see if I had missed the obvious . |
| 18 | I would have done it if I had had the chance , but somebody got there first . |
| 19 | If I had had the baby , I would never have been able to pick up my career again . ’ |
| 20 | I must repeat , however , that , if I had had the information in the form in which it was requested , I would have given it . |
| 21 | enough revs on the engine , he 'd be going and when I lift , raised the clutch , whereas if I had brought the clutch up part way |
| 22 | I suppose if I had to make the choice , I would sacrifice skiing for the sake of the hills . |
| 23 | The Reds were well on top and I am sure that if I had lasted the game I would have given the selectors something to think about . |
| 24 | If I had to list the assets I was born with she would have to come top . |
| 25 | If I had found the cramped interior of the U-boat at Kiel oppressive , it was nothing to the claustrophobia I felt inside the midget submarine , and I marvelled again at the courage and calm that had enabled Place and his crew to live a daily life in such surroundings , far less undertake and brilliantly accomplish their mission . |
| 26 | ‘ If I had known the mouthpiece was sterile , I would have had no hesitation in agreeing to the test . |
| 27 | We have no choice ; when my father died in nineteen seventy-nine I had to come to an arrangement with the Capital Taxes Office , that , er for not paying the full value of the er death duties on the value of the contents of the house , I had to open it to the public , quite frankly , if then and even more now , if I had to pay the full amount , I 'd have had to sell everything which my family have collected over the last seven hundred years . |
| 28 | ‘ If I had chosen the field of government , ’ he says , ‘ I would have chosen to govern my country , which is Scotland . |
| 29 | If I had chosen the North Stand I would have found myself in the middle of those awful drunken , swearing and spitting Ards fans . |
| 30 | Aunt Louise 's glance slid back over her shoulder to see if I had appreciated the window ; I nodded and smiled back . |