Example sentences of "if [pers pn] was [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | We began to discuss what should be done and how I would manage to support the children , and if , from time to time , I had the feeling that something was wrong , it was only in a distant , elusive way , as if I was listening to someone playing a piano on the other side of the road and hearing occasionally , but only occasionally , a wrong note . |
| 2 | But when you loved it , did n't you I mean I know I did when I was a young person first drinking erm I definitely had the feeling that if I was drinking to excess I was n't doing the right thing , whereas the impression we give in Oxford that drinking to the excess is perfectly acceptable behaviour . |
| 3 | He asked if I was related to Margaret . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ One ca n't give cast-iron guarantees , just as you ca n't give me guarantees about my safety if I was to go to Birmingham , ’ Mr Thomas replied . |
| 5 | ‘ I realise that if I was to move to South Africa I would be living a completely different existence . |
| 6 | So if I was to say to you that you can take him to the Justices if that 's your pleasure - " He turned and fixed Sir Gregory with eyes that radiated hatred from beneath fiery brows — " I do n't think you 'd like that , would you ? |
| 7 | You see if I was to say to you , right well I am gon na go out and purchase something , I 'm gon na get something and give it to you as a gift |
| 8 | If I was left to it the first pint would go about |
| 9 | However , if I was going to be able to maintain anything like good water quality , an essential requirement in any marine aquarium , my basic marine tank had to be a minimum size of 900 × 380 × 300mm ( 36″ × 15″ × 12″ ) with a capacity of 104 litres ( 23 gallons ) . |
| 10 | I did as I was told and flopped down on a chair , but it gradually got worse and worse , and I felt as if I was going to be sick . |
| 11 | For instance , once when a friend from Australia was coming to stay with me , she asked me if I was going to sleep with her . |
| 12 | as if I was going to be sick . |
| 13 | If I was going to … |
| 14 | If I was going to be Peter Mottram , it might be better to give Mottram an address of his own . |
| 15 | I was damned if I was going to be last . |
| 16 | Well look the first thing to occur and immediately comes to mind is that if I was going to be really evil I would I 'd just stick it away in a quite drawer or wait until the day , and I 'd turn up when she was breaking the the bottle , the empty bottle over over the the skip , we 'd do a picture of her actually littering up the countryside . |
| 17 | If I was talking to you on the street and you had asked me where such-and-such a street was , that was all right . |
| 18 | If I was talking to you as my pal , I 'd get done for idling my time . |
| 19 | It 's as if I was talking to somebody . |
| 20 | Erm I if I was talking to an audience in the United States , you 'd probably have a somewhat different approach cos over there they seem to throw their desktop devices away every two or three years and replace them with brand new technology . |
| 21 | If I was talking to my |
| 22 | I wondered if I was allowed to . |
| 23 | so I put if I was attracted to my |
| 24 | Well maybe if I was forced to . |
| 25 | Alina stayed where she was , her eyes closed , almost as if she was listening to the silence . |
| 26 | She paused again , struggling for words to convey the innocence and intimacy of that friendship , words that had to be like a spider 's web , strong yet delicate , if she was to communicate to Mark 's coarse masculine intelligence some inkling of what that friendship had meant to her and Hilda . |
| 27 | Oh , Jay , I 'd have thought she 'd have done it by now , if she was going to . |
| 28 | If she was going to be in the hospital for one night she would need lots of things to read . |
| 29 | But if she was going to be killed , she had tearfully decided , it would be at her home in Mayfair . |
| 30 | Always rang if she was going to be late , always let them know exactly where she was . |