Example sentences of "if it [verb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | A moment later the wizard was standing over him , shouting , ‘ Tell it that if it singes me I 'll let the sword go ! |
| 2 | ‘ Give us a couple o' bob an' I 'll come up the stairs an' carry the bloody fing dawn , even if it kills me in the process . |
| 3 | If you set over-ambitious targets ( " I 'm going to finish this assignment tonight — even if it kills me ! " ) and fail to achieve them , you simply reinforce your sense of guilt and failure . |
| 4 | Erm some people get hooked on geometry , and they , I 'm gon na get this one if it kills me . |
| 5 | ‘ You mean you 're going to help even if it kills me ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I 'll have him if it kills me ! ’ |
| 7 | I was going good grief , she goes make her sick if it kills me . |
| 8 | Even if it took me ten years I would get my own back . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Katherine , I am glad we had that little talk before dinner , even if it made me a trifle nervous . |
| 10 | Should n't be surprised if it drives me straight into the arms of the recruiting officer . |
| 11 | But what would happen if it left me ? |
| 12 | To hell with it , I 'll go down fighting , it will break me on my terms if it breaks me at all . |
| 13 | I 'll deny all knowledge of it , if it suits me . ’ |
| 14 | I promised myself there and then that I was going to master that hill if it killed me , and every day afterwards I went there and drove up it , holding the car on the clutch , until I was successful . |
| 15 | ‘ If it takes me seven centuries , I shall do it . ’ |
| 16 | I do n't care if it gets me from |
| 17 | I will give the same careful scrutiny to that application , if it reaches me , as I shall give to applications from Princess Margaret Rose orthopaedic hospital , from Lothian college of nursing , from the Victoria infirmary in Glasgow or from any others which express interest . |
| 18 | Gourlay agreed : ‘ There 's no doubt I did n't play well after that opening set — I do n't know if it upset me — I suppose subconsciously it must have . ’ |
| 19 | well I thought well if it checks me another six months at least when they say have you got any experience , but as I say I 'm still in touch with Mencap and I 'm still in touch with mine and I 've also er put in for , what they call them mobility insistence for the Princess Marina which again an education and you just go in and be , be a friend to somebody and you take them out for an hour , er a couple of hours , you , and you 're paid five pounds eighty for a two hour session |
| 20 | Especially if it gave me the credibility to help a friend in need . |
| 21 | Yes , I was possessed , but happy to be so , if it allowed me to be with him , to feel him near me for a few hours every day . |