Example sentences of "if [pron] was [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I was one millionth part of an angel there would be a miracle . |
| 2 | Richard and I thought you had settled so nicely ’ — as if I was some sort of jelly — and then , ‘ Well , if you really want to , I suppose it would be nice for you to earn a little pin money . ’ |
| 3 | Three figures , their faces muffled by cloaks and broad-brimmed hats , seized me and began to beat me as if I was some dog . |
| 4 | " If I was full time , I 'd be taking home £40 a week , " said a Sheffield hotel worker who is also a single parent . |
| 5 | It was as if I was another man . |
| 6 | She felt certain then that he must be thinking that if she was any sort of a journalist that she could do quite a write-up out of the considerable time she had just spent walking in his sole company . |
| 7 | Yeah but if she was proper vegetarian she would n't eat cheese . |
| 8 | If everything was hunky dory on planet pop , Suede and the Manics would n't need to worship Bowie and Lydon , Bjorn Again would have aborted in some outback bar down under and Denim simply would n't exist . |
| 9 | If there was civil war , the Scots would spill across the Northern March , the Welsh would rebel , and Philip of France would have his ships off Dover within a week . |
| 10 | Even if there was personal participation by all the citizens in the making of decisions and policies , the only situation in which it would even appear to be clear what was the will of the people would be a unanimous decision . |
| 11 | And there was much in that , for the policy of these raiding parties was always to loot , never to attempt the towns or the castles if there was strong possibility of resistance . |
| 12 | If there was actual combustion of the damaged goods , however caused , there has been damage by fire . |
| 13 | All such principles are general and abstract and even if there was complete agreement as to the principle the problem of application to particular and concrete facts would remain . |
| 14 | ‘ If there was selective internment it would be for every section of the community , ’ he said . |
| 15 | I sometimes wonder if there was that kind of risk when God planned the cross from the beginning of time . |
| 16 | If there was such magic in the world — and tonight Gentle could believe it — the assassin was not an adept . |
| 17 | If there was such danger , you 'd be dead , would n't you ? |
| 18 | If there was one objector , there would have to be a public inquiry . |
| 19 | If there was one person she hated lying to , it was Bill . |
| 20 | If there was one person she really did n't want to think about it was Owen 's elder brother — and the man who was also her own husband — Ross Wyndham . |
| 21 | Yet if there was one principle to which classical ( and even post-classical ) law had held fast , it was that trusts were actionable only in personam . |
| 22 | kind of dictionary , see if there was one word , say constipation |
| 23 | In an attempt to assess the differences in work by Women as contrasted to that by men , Rothenberg stated in an interview with Aupling , that ‘ if there was one factor that I think women artists allow for better than men , it is the rendering of the world , truely I think , as more various . |
| 24 | IF there was one occasion that summed up sporting attitudes in l992 , it was Carl Lewis 's bizarre attempt to set an Olympic record for the greatest number of journalists asphyxiated at a single press conference . |
| 25 | If there was one bit of star wars that Mr Aspin might have killed , this would have been it . |
| 26 | Floribundas If there was one criticism of the H.T. it was that , although the blooms were undoubtedly beautiful , there were not many of them — not enough at any rate to satisfy many gardeners who simply wanted more on each plant . |
| 27 | It did n't seem like a diet — in fact , if there was one sentence that kept reappearing in most of the letters I received , it was : ‘ You ca n't call this a diet , it 's more a way of eating ’ . |
| 28 | Ace had actually understood some time ago , but if there was one lesson that she would take away gladly from her time with the Doctor , it was that it was better to have people underestimate your abilities than overestimate them . |
| 29 | The plaintiff called an expert estate agent who gave evidence that it was a matter of considerable significance to both vendors if there was one purchaser interested in acquiring both properties . |
| 30 | If there was one thing Robin could not stand , it was people calling each other ‘ old boy ’ . |