Example sentences of "if we were [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This would be all very well if we were on the high road to eliminating death altogether ; but this is a claim that not even the boldest scientist can make . |
| 2 | We did n't go in always , we used to If we were on the top of the hill we used to watch from the top . |
| 3 | Heaven forbid I would n't talk to you like this if we were on the air would I ? |
| 4 | In the bar that evening we felt as if we were in the movie Top Gun as U.S. Navy pilots sang , ‘ You 've Lost That Lovin' Feeling ’ to us . |
| 5 | It 'd be much nicer if we were in the position where we could write love songs . |
| 6 | All the windows were shuttered as if we were in the depths of winter . |
| 7 | I felt as if we were in the presence of a ghoul , the living dead . |
| 8 | We might get a thousand or so more from Hartlepool but if we were in the First Division we 'd struggle to get 7,000 . |
| 9 | ‘ On the brighter side , the value of our players would increase if we were in the Second Division . |
| 10 | Well erm you see although I learned shorthand and typing it was better money and that was the reason I had to do it , I 've passed my exams in shorthand but er probably there were n't enough offices then to employ a good many clerks , but erm they er it was a very big fellow who used to ring the bell and the bell was on the outside , he was named Tom but I ca n't for the life of me think erm what his other name was but , erm it used to put the fear through us I can tell you if we were around the corner and we heard that bell ringing but erm they , they were a good firm to work for and , but they were strict but everywhere was strict in those days , we had to accept it but it was a long long hours , but erm they knew I had some , I , I enjoyed it and I 'd go back again only I 'm too old . |