It’s always easier to learn foreign language by real examples. We do have lots of them around! I have prepared some examples for you. Read them, listen to them and create new one in comments, which make sense for you!
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If only I had started earlier learning english...
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Web resources examples:
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... becoming a more popular destination once again, if only they could come up with the money and a good plan. If only. Across the former Communist world museums like the House have been repurposed as ironic attractions for tourists ... www.nytimes.com
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<i>... workers, the health people, all of those health agencies – you could just go through it again and again. <b>If</b><b> </b><b>only</b> this, if only that. We missed it and we missed it and we missed it". ...</i> <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/ofsted-accused-of-coverup-over-lost-baby-p-assessment-9809285.html">www.independent.co.uk</a>
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<i>... This could be my chance! <b>If</b><b> </b><b>only</b>, if only it were fractured. Then I could get a new look. ...</i> <a href="http://www.forbes.com/2009/10/02/aging-wrinkles-confidence-forbes-woman-well-being-plastic-surgery.html">www.forbes.com</a>
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<i>... So much for Governor Perry, who went out not with a bang but an "oops". <b>If</b><b> </b><b>only</b> he'd prepared! I can see him now, jogging in the morning, his coyote-killing pistol tucked precariously into his sweatpants, ...</i> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/10/opinion/collins-that-old-gang-of-mine.html">www.nytimes.com</a>
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<i>... The creative process never stops". <b>If</b><b> </b><b>only</b> it did. Let's just hope there's not a little mink running around when de la Renta next ponders e-readers. ...</i> <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/?p=1932211">www.newyorker.com</a>
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<i>... Some even tell her she should just force herself to stay awake. <b>If</b><b> </b><b>only</b> she could. This is a more complete version of the story than the one that appeared in print. ...</i> <a href="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B07EEDE1139F935A35750C0A9649D8B63">query.nytimes.com</a>
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<i>... Cheer, denial, exuberance. <b>If</b><b> </b><b>only</b> he could. "Come here already!" Hayley shouted. ...</i> <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2013/05/20/130520fi_fiction_marcus">www.newyorker.com</a>
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<i>... sociologists and political scientists, it's hard to detect anything like a "Hirschman school" out there. <b>If</b><b> </b><b>only</b> there were. Hirschman believed in the potential for societal improvement, steering a course between leftist visions ...</i> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/21/books/review/worldly-philosopher-by-jeremy-adelman.html">www.nytimes.com</a>
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<i>... if his criticisms helped to push the Prime Minister out, but he is not part of an organised conspiracy. <b>If</b><b> </b><b>only</b> he were. In fact, I am sure that he is genuinely upset about Brown's handling of the Afghan mission and of the ...</i> <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/john-rentoul/john-rentoul-faraway-bombs-leave-browns-hopes-in-tatters-1782387.html">www.independent.co.uk</a>
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<i>... You seem to be doing well so far. <b>If</b><b> </b><b>only</b> you knew. But the right brain is better suited for long-term investing than short-term management. ...</i> <a href="http://www.forbes.com/intelligentinvesting/2009/01/24/intelligent-investing-grantham-briefing-bookJan26.html?partner=contextstory">www.forbes.com</a>
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<i>... defining qualities — its abundance of theater — but theater people certainly had plenty of time for her. <b>If</b><b> </b><b>only</b> antagonistically. That's to say that while the former prime minister, who died Monday, incurred the wrath of the likes ...</i> <a href="http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/thatcher-as-theater-a-prime-minister-playwrights-couldnt-resist/">rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com</a>
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<i>... Easy, right? <b>If</b><b> </b><b>only</b> it were. There are many variables, and it is for these cases that preparation is most necessary. ...</i> <a href="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E03EFDE173CF933A15757C0A9669D8B63">query.nytimes.com</a>
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<i>... L.S.E., had the decency to resign over the school's financial links to Qaddafi and his own misjudgments. <b>If</b><b> </b><b>only</b> the L.S.E. were an isolated case. ...</i> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/08/opinion/08iht-edcohen08.html">www.nytimes.com</a>
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<i>... "You look at these kids, and you feel so complete," the man tells Larry. "<b>If</b><b> </b><b>only</b> by comparison". Last season seemed like it could be the final one. ...</i> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/08/arts/television/curb-your-enthusiasm-begins-its-eighth-season.html">www.nytimes.com</a>
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<i>... Let them sort it out". <b>If</b><b> </b><b>only</b> they had. </i> <a href="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/13/no-one-holds-the-moral-high-ground-in-suarez-vs-evra/">goal.blogs.nytimes.com</a>
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<i>... The Snowden-released documents confirmed what Bamford was saying some time ago. <b>If</b><b> </b><b>only</b> we had listened. LISTENING I listen to "Soundcheck" on WNYC a lot. ...</i> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/13/opinion/sunday/alex-gibney.html">www.nytimes.com</a>
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<i>... avoid the battlefront, though, he can't afford a discharge — how would he provide for his young family? <b>If</b><b> </b><b>only</b> he could sleep. Or maybe just forget what he's seen. ...</i> <a href="http://theater.nytimes.com/2011/01/12/theater/reviews/12reservoir.html">theater.nytimes.com</a>
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TV series examples:
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Game Of Thrones (S03E03)
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Game Of Thrones (S03E08)
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Game Of Thrones (S05E10)
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Westworld (S01E10)
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This is a series post (#learn-english) by @adasq
