Example sentences of "if [pron] did [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I did leave it , I 'd stay up in the evening to do it , it 'd be on my conscience … |
| 2 | ‘ Dana would be happier if I did leave , ’ Claudia said , knowing she spoke the truth . |
| 3 | Hard to explain the conflict in our acquaintance , but perhaps I had an instinctive feeling that she , in fact , wanted me to go to bed with her , and she knew I would n't — because if I did make love to her , it would be a victory for her and a defeat for me . |
| 4 | If I did love him , she thought more soberly , he 'd be the first one that I have , maybe . |
| 5 | If I did manage to get the rubber disc in now , but then he arrived an hour or two late , and then we went out for a romantic candle-lit dinner , and then we chatted for a while … the spermicide would have decided to cease hostilities at just about the time I needed it to be at its most fierce . |
| 6 | ‘ No , Mother Francis said that they would n't take me , even if I did want to be a nun , until I was over twenty-one . ’ |
| 7 | I ca n't rebuild without paying through the nose for the privilege , and even if I did build , getting rent is like getting blood from a stone ! ’ |
| 8 | I did go down to my local Citizens ' Advice Bureau to see if they had any ideas , but all they could do was pass on the news that there was a squeeze on the social fund ( the emergency payments fund ) , so I was well advised not to expect too much if I did decide to try the social security people . |
| 9 | If I did marry Parr , and had two little children and made a lovely home , I 'd be allowed to run off the rails a bit , so long I was discreet . |
| 10 | But his face gave me no clue , and he went on : " Would you love me more if I did succeed ? " |
| 11 | And if I did come and sit face to face across the desk , it would have a discipline . |
| 12 | but I think , I think if I did flunk out on the maths side |
| 13 | But I do n't think I could cope on my own without my mum and dad even if I did have all that money . |
| 14 | And yet , if I did have a showdown now , what good would it do ? |
| 15 | I ai n't got ten shillings , and if I did have I 'd give it to the kids . |
| 16 | and even if you think no I would n't really spend the money to make myself more beautiful , you think , oh maybe , if I really , if I did have that money would I do it ? |
| 17 | So when I was actually pregnant , although it would be fairer on me and the baby and everybody concerned if I did have an abortion , he made me know that he did n't really want me to have one . |
| 18 | If I did have a siesta it was always a very short one . |
| 19 | And even if I did have and had a mustard seed here , you still would n't be able to see it for a mustard seed is no bigger than a pin head . |
| 20 | ‘ Anyway , if I did have a village lass dying to do my cooking , do n't you think she might find you a bit off-putting ? ’ |
| 21 | And , as you can see , if I did have a m a mutant gene that promoted reproductive success by a hundred percent what natural selection means , enhanced reproductive success . ? |
| 22 | After all , if I did have a fiancé tucked away , that would change the situation rather dramatically . |
| 23 | Well unfortunately if , if I did have a delivery of coal it would come in through the other entrance . |
| 24 | if , if I was really stuck and I had the , the tools , which , I would n't have you see , but if I did have the tools there , then yeah I would be able to do it cos I 've seen Martin doing it quite a few times , so |
| 25 | If I did take the twins away all summer then Masquerade would be taken to a boatyard in Florida , so I now signed the necessary customs forms and the insurance waiver and the dozen other pieces of paper that would be needed to keep the United States government and the delivery company happy . |
| 26 | But I was then — well , I did n't care if I did die . |
| 27 | Such an appeal was not to be resisted , but first I had to tell Meehan that if I did look into his case , I must feel myself free to come to whatever conclusions my investigations led me , ‘ whether in your favour or not ’ . |
| 28 | If I did believe in God , I 'd pray to Him to get the marquis to come . " |
| 29 | If I did say something , perhaps she would gobble me up like the fox did to poor Chicken-Licken . |
| 30 | ‘ If I did burgle Madge 's house , like you said , then I would n't come round here and tell you about it , would I ? ’ |