Example sentences of "if [pron] can [be] said [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why , he thought — if one can be said to think in dreams — did I ever take this on ? |
| 2 | If it can be said to play the role of watchmaker in nature , it is the blind watchmaker . |
| 3 | At least the locked door designed to keep him in also keeps his enemies out , if he can be said to have any enemies . |
| 4 | If anyone can be said to have had a ‘ finest hour ’ — although in this instance it was more a matter of finest days and weeks — it was the people of Fontanellato , and those for many miles around , who had showed such courage in helping the escaped prisoners without any hope or thought of recompense . |
| 5 | If anyone can be said to deserve a holiday , she told herself firmly , then I am the one . |