Example sentences of "and if i [vb past] " in BNC.
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1 | I would always be ‘ starting the diet tomorrow ’ and if I ate one thing ‘ out of order ’ , the diet would collapse and I would eat everything in sight until I could hardly move . |
2 | And if I insisted he came with me , he 'd likely cause trouble , just as he said . |
3 | Steven suggested Spenser and Shakespeare , with perhaps Scott and Hardy , and if I insisted on an up-to-date author , William Goulding . |
4 | I am just an ordinary Daleswoman and if I began to think or act otherwise I know a few people around here who would soon bring me to my senses . |
5 | And if I had she 'd be wearing it . |
6 | ‘ No , ’ he said , ‘ and if I had I would n't spend it on that . ’ |
7 | A lot of my clothes are holey , and if I had more money I definitely would dress quite differently . |
8 | ‘ And if I had n't paid why would there be a receipt anyway , ’ protested Kylie quite logically . |
9 | He 'd walked into the boathouse and tried to pick up an envelope and the floor had given way beneath him and a piece of beam was missing , and if I had n't been there with him he would certainly have drowned in the dock , impaled on something lurking beneath the surface . |
10 | The Scottish Mountaineering Club 's Munros book had warned of a false summit cairn , and if I had longed to see the view from Beinn Dorain , and look down on that road from which the young Gray had gazed upwards 25 years ago , I was going to be disappointed unless the mist lifted . |
11 | And if I had any sense I would never have left there in the first place . ’ |
12 | As I blundered on in my explanation I realised he had forgotten all about it and if I had kept my mouth shut the problem need never have arisen . |
13 | There were no brakes , and if I had stumbled , then the bar that ran between the shafts behind me would have caught me in the back and either dragged me along or knocked me to the ground . |
14 | And if I had to choose a companion to be with me down the years I would take you as a pattern . ’ |
15 | He ought not to have died , and if I had gone with my mother to the doctor and done my part as a son , I feel as if he need not have done . ’ |
16 | ‘ I do not like your arrogance and your questions , and if I had my way I would arrange an accident or have you thrown into some deep dungeon until everyone had forgotten about you ! ’ |
17 | ‘ It will be a bit of a wrench , but the England team manager 's job is the top one in the business and if I had n't accepted it , I might have regretted it in later life . ’ |
18 | ‘ I adored Bristol and if I had to live anywhere in the world , I would come back and live here . |
19 | And if I had to play them today , I 'd have to get off in a room with a record player , probably for a couple of hours and learn them . ’ |
20 | I love rugby and if I had the opportunity I would pull on my boots and play tomorrow . |
21 | There was a time when Charles was coasting at school and if I had been working , I would have told him to buckle down — which would have done no good at all . |
22 | There 's no question Quinn — and Cottee , Aldridge and the rest — are masters of the art and if I had one in my club , he 'd be the first name on the sheet . |
23 | In fact , he is not a great motivator through the actual force of his personality , and if I had to name a weakness that would be it . |
24 | And I would have lost the chance to sail across the Pacific with Ellen , because Ellen was on the verge of agreeing to come with me , and if I had not yielded to the policeman 's blackmail I would have lost Ellen as well as my boat . |
25 | ‘ They knew that I liked girls and if I had a choice , I would rather be talking to the girls than doing my homework . ’ |
26 | ‘ And if I had to put money on it at the moment then I would back Arsenal to win the title . ’ |
27 | The Scot said : ‘ I was one punch away from knocking him out in the fifth and if I had n't been injured , I would have finished him . ’ |
28 | And if I had turned into a handsome prince Gillian would probably have shown me — him — the door . |
29 | An " heir " indeed , Miss Gristy , yes , an heir to base lies and fornication , and if I had my way you would be joint heirs to a pile of dry wood too , together with flint , steel and a box of tinder ! " |
30 | The only point that I would make is that if you are giving an opiate it will have many of the same effects and if I had to choose , I would probably prefer the opiate to diazepam . |