1, If the beard
were all, the goat might preach.
2, A friend is, as it
were, a second self.
3, If wishes
were horses, beggars would ride.
4, If wishes
were horses, beggars might ride.
5, Apothecaries would not sugar their pills unless they
were bitter.
6, If ifs and ands
were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.
7, If it
were not for hope, the heart would break.
8, If there
were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.
Charles Dickens 9, Men know where they
were born, not where they shall die.
10, Money would be gotten if there
were money to get it with.
11, If things
were to be done twice all would be wise.
12, The people may safely be trusted to hear everything true and false, and to form a correct judgment,
Were it fall to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers of newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.
13, If there
were no clouds, we should not enjoy the sun.
14, If the pills
were pleasant, they would not be gilded.
15, If there
were less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world.
16, Instructions were relayed to him by phone.
17, A gang of youths were loitering outside the cinema.
18, All the hospital staff were wonderfully supportive.
19, Some leaves were floating about on the still lake.
20, Cars and buses were set ablaze during the riot.
21, Hundreds of slaves were corralled for sale.
22, They were brought up against unexpected delays.
23, The terrorists were killed when their bomb detonated unexpectedly.
24, Police attempts to infiltrate neo-Nazi groups were largely unsuccessful.
25, Her sunglasses were perched on her head.
26, I thought you were mocking me.
27, Many celebrities were assembled in the garden.
28, Several firms were united to form one company.
29, The children were out playing in the sunshine.
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1, All the hospital staff were wonderfully supportive.
2, Cars and buses were set ablaze during the riot.
3, The terrorists were killed when their bomb detonated unexpectedly.
4, Her sunglasses were perched on her head.
5, Several firms were united to form one company.
6, The children were out playing in the sunshine.
7, The soldiers were diagnosed as having flu.
8, They were unable to gain admittance to the hall.
9, Pigs were grunting and squealing in the yard.
10, Familiar scenes were imaged on the screen.
11, There were birds twittering in the eucalyptus trees.
12, They were enticed westward by dreams of gold.
13, The two countries were threatening to nuke each other.
14, The once - green fields were now uniformly brown.
15, His eyeballs were an unhealthy yellow.
16, Firefighters were on the scene immediately.
17, Her colleagues were green with envy .
18, Were you stopped at the border?
19, During the disturbance which followed, three Englishmen were hurt.
20, The waters were heaving up in great swells.
21, The kids were kept in the small corral.
22, We were all too polite to object.
23, Survivors of the crash were rescued by helicopter.
24, The walls were besmeared with sticky blue paint.
25, The child's clothes were in poor repair.
26, His footprints were clearly evident in the heavy dust.
27, The fish were unwholesome and old.
28, They were very ambitious for their children .
29, The gutters were blocked and overflowing.
30, They were plotting how they would assassinate the president.