Example sentences of "if [pron] was [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Okay , wh with regards to , if I was teaching this next year to the first years , what changes would you recommend I make ? |
| 2 | I feel I could score more goals in Italy if I was given more freedom . |
| 3 | Then he said , ‘ If I was to advertise this job how likely would you be to apply for it ? ’ , and suddenly the hairs prickled on the back of my neck , because I knew he was serious . |
| 4 | Mark Raggett , a businessman spearheading the effort , said : ‘ If I was to take some of these materials and technologies back to the Soviet Union , I would probably be breaking the law . ’ |
| 5 | He gave me an odd look as if I was telling strange stories . |
| 6 | No no I would n't do that I always do it like this if I was playing that hand three flu well you could go well you got a choice you can go take a chance on your last hand , not getting through or you can go two , three , five , six , seven two three four , ace finish them which is what I 'd probably do . |
| 7 | I began to wonder if I was going mad . |
| 8 | If I was to have any chance of being posted to Calvi , I would have to come in the top five in basic training . |
| 9 | Your dad pays his share for me , comes out of his wages if I paid , it 's just extra on top of all that , if I was paying any |
| 10 | Now what would you do if I was recording this conversation ? |
| 11 | ‘ If I was to eat some too ? ’ |
| 12 | Sometimes skipper Geoff Boycott would come up to me during a long spell and ask if I was feeling OK to continue . |
| 13 | When I realised that Barny was untrainable , I knew I would have to find a hand-reared owl if I was to stand any chance of training one successfully . |
| 14 | I think if one looks at life and says : ‘ If I was doing that job , what are the conditions I would like to work in ? ’ , and then put them into operation , people will probably think it 's about right . |
| 15 | Mine went up with , you know let's face it if I was doing sixty mile an hour it would be doing just over six grand . |
| 16 | If I was doing more than my twenty one hours throughout the year |
| 17 | Jimmy was silent for a moment , then he said , ‘ What sort of thing did you mean when you asked if I was suffering any after-effects ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I 'd really like to run the 400 , but I would n't be disappointed if someone was running better than me and they decided to take him , ’ said Black , whose domestic pre-eminence was sensationally ended by Grindley in Barcelona . |
| 19 | ‘ It may not be as comfortable as an ordinary saloon , ’ Ward said on a note of apology , ‘ but buggered if Ah was takin' any chances in a country like this . ’ |
| 20 | She cast away the unwelcome thought that if she was made redundant she would have to find new work immediately or forfeit that small oasis of security she 'd won for herself . |
| 21 | If she was addressing young people she made it her business to acquaint herself with their interests . |
| 22 | When this song failed to make the impact she clearly expected it to make , she turned to Henry as if she was addressing some Yugoslav peasant and did a lot of the kind of lip and tongue work she had used on Elke , their one and only au pair . |
| 23 | Or if she was looking older , if she had changed at all . |
| 24 | We asked if she was getting tired of being subjected to all these questions , and she said that she had a few more minutes before she had to go and meet Jack and Rod for lunch . |
| 25 | She wondered if she was getting sick . |
| 26 | ‘ When I went into labour I was told there was no heartbeat and that even if she was born alive , which was unlikely , she was too early and small to survive . |
| 27 | If she was reading this , her eyes would meet mine with a glint of pleasure and a steely challenge . |
| 28 | Turakina wrinkled her nose as if she was smelling bad meat . |
| 29 | But if she was marryin' one of her own kind she would n't get anybody to care for her any better than me . |
| 30 | She needed some more wood for her carving if she was to complete all the ‘ little comforters ’ , as she called them , during her three-week holiday away from the travel agents where she worked , small , smooth-shaped pieces of wood , lovingly carved and polished by herself to fit easily into the palm and which , much to her surprise and delight , were eagerly accepted by the large rehabilitation hospital in the next town that cared for the blind and mentally sick . |