Example sentences of "if [pers pn] [be] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But if I am to achieve such merit as wins fame , then my life has not been so unworthy an exchange for hers as I always feared ! ’ |
| 2 | If I were to take this gun and shoot … who ? |
| 3 | No , If I were to do that , my psychiatrist would reckon it proved my cure was complete . ’ |
| 4 | From the Federation 's point of view , er I have substantially difficult , a difficulty , in guiding you as to where the new settlement ought to be , because in effect I would be choosing between members , and that is a certain route to my unemployment , if I were to do that , and I do n't wish to be unemployed . |
| 5 | I would be treading a little widely in the direction of sub judice if I were to answer that , because any decision is for the jurisdiction of the court . |
| 6 | ‘ And , if I were to use all my available charm , you 'd be willing again . ’ |
| 7 | If I were to choose any country in the world to live as a family in it would have to be somewhere different , perhaps exotic . |
| 8 | His reply is just about repeatable in this magazine : ‘ Look , ’ he said , ‘ big cars are for men with little dicks , and if I were to spend all my time polishing it , what would that make me ? ’ |
| 9 | But if I were to find such a change taking place while an animal is learning , unless the conditions for that change met all the subsequent criteria , I would be no further forward than the experiments of the 1960s that I criticized in the last chapter . |
| 10 | I felt I had to get clear early on if I were to have any real chance . |
| 11 | If I were to rewrite this book in ten years ' time , in the light of further research and experience , my own views might well have changed somewhat . |
| 12 | ‘ Perhaps it would help if I were to relate all this to what is known among the micro-electronic geniuses as ‘ virtual reality ’ . |
| 13 | Would you object if I were to buy any other land that might be on offer , and work it with the farm ? ’ |
| 14 | DENNING J. stated the facts and continued : If I were to consider this matter without regard to recent developments in the law , there is no doubt that , had the plaintiffs claimed it , they would have been entitled to recover ground rent at the rate of £2,500 a year from the beginning of the term , since the lease under which it was payable was a lease under seal which , according to the old common law , could not be varied by an agreement by parol ( whether in writing or not ) , but only by deed . |
| 15 | Now if I were to mix some of that with another substance I could make printing ink . |
| 16 | If I were to get half a dozen hens and half a dozen pullets , because I think you would like their little tiny eggs , would that suit you ? ’ |
| 17 | Okay , wh with regards to , if I was teaching this next year to the first years , what changes would you recommend I make ? |
| 18 | I feel I could score more goals in Italy if I was given more freedom . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . ’ |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | If I was to have any chance of being posted to Calvi , I would have to come in the top five in basic training . |
| 23 | 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 |
| 24 | Now what would you do if I was recording this conversation ? |
| 25 | ‘ If I was to eat some too ? ’ |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | If I was doing more than my twenty one hours throughout the year |
| 29 | 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 ? ’ |
| 30 | If I 'm boring this time , you have n't tried it , but if you , if you can do it then erm , it 'll be a really interesting session , of sort of getting together in groups and discussing the problems and sorting ways out of problems . |