Sentence examples for if I claimed from inspiring English sources

"They would be gobsmacked if I claimed for a second home in Westminster.

"I'd be better off if I claimed benefits, as I'd get my housing costs paid," says Louise.

"It would be completely laughable if I claimed I was always motivated by the pure craft of acting and that recognition doesn't play a part," he says.

I'd be lying if I claimed to know anything about Star Trek Online, but I do know that it went into open beta today.

However, many of you know my wife and if I claimed to always love Reggae she would seriously rat me out.

Will my premium go up if I claim for my bicycle?

I have to be with the public -- because, if I claim to speak on behalf of the people, then I have to be accountable to them".

If I claim to be a senior author, I have to write it and I have to concoct what the experiment was, and defend it".

"If I claim I'm the opposite of my characters then it'll just sound awful," she says when she's finally identified herself to me and we've sat down for a cup of tea.

Likewise, if I claim to be Belle this will be accepted as proof by those who want to believe its me, and taken as a denial by those who favour rival theories.

"If I claim desire as my right," the central character in Brink's novel asks himself rather awkwardly, "does not my right to desire invoke the right of the other to refuse me?