If I were to…

The construction “be + to + verb” is a formal construction that is used

to talk about arrangements for the future /what we expect (would like) to happen
to say or ask what someone should do or what should happen
to give an instruction or command

(Well, I beg to differ. This teacher (and many others) are actually teaching you this expression, and would be over the moon if you used it accurately and appropriately).

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The Split s03 ep03

if we were to break up [=if we (ever) broke up]

A Very Royal Scandal- s1ep03

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(Prince Andrew has just fallen from grace, and he is being forced to settle a sex assault lawsuit against him. He is speaking to the Queen's private secretary).

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If London were to have a portal with another city (=if London had…), what city should we be paired with?

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If I were to get fired (=if I was/were fired)

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If I were to represent you (=If I represented you…)

Criminal: UK

Were I to have killed anyone (If I were to have killed anyone=If I had wanted to have killed anyone…) [This man is being accused of killing his stepdaughter, but he is blaming someone else instead- If I had wanted to kill somebody, I wouldn’t have killed my stepdaughter, but that man].

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…if you were to go to this hotel…

Were that to happen [=if that were to happen/if it happened], the proceedings could be prolonged for weeks (…)

GUEST: So that’s why we use the system where they could use their mobile phones, which means that they can learn while they’re on their phone and, you know, that they can go to a quiet space. I had a child email me last week, and said, ‘Miss, do I have to wear my uniform?’

HOST: Well, I believe there is one headteacher who’s insisting on it. You know, there is one head who’s insisting on it. And I bet you, were we to speak to that head (=if we spoke to that head/headteacher), he or she would give us a jolly good reason why … you know, keeping up to the mark and, you know, delineating sharply between school and home and, you know, there may be something to it.

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