Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] be a [noun sg] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now that I 'm a teetotaller it 's become even harder . |
| 2 | I waited till we heard him on the stairs , then told them how I had offered to drive this run , but now that I was a passenger it would be against the rules . |
| 3 | The BDDA , as long ago as 1924 , foresaw this unhappy industrial crisis , and recognising that it was a question it could not handle alone , the National Institute was requested to deal with it . |
| 4 | My palace if I were a king it 's more than a palace it 's my everything . |
| 5 | If I was a scientist it would be like finding a cure for for a disease or a technological breakthrough . |
| 6 | If you are a beginner it is a fair bet that the prescription is not right and you should review the case and select another remedy . |
| 7 | So , if you are a vegetarian it is certainly worthwhile making sure you include other good sources of iron in your diet . |
| 8 | If you are a parent it is almost certain that your increased awareness of the value of dietary fibre will start to influence the foods you provide for the family — and thus their habits and preferences in the future . |
| 9 | You jest with me now come on we 're we 're we 're being serious Noel if you are a teacher it is almost impossible to sack you . |
| 10 | NO MATTER how talented or hardworking you are , if you 're a woman it always takes extra effort and drive to succeed in business . |
| 11 | So if your if you 're an elder it 'll be very difficult to get up those very steep steps etcetera so it 's got disadvantages now it 's been run all sorts of ways it 's was run you know it was run as a as a wine wine bar it was run as a restaurant it 's been run as a bar it 's been run as a stage door club but all this all these ways have been run by private individuals it 's not always been the trust that 's run it it 's been run as franchise all these people have great problems actually making profit out of it and making it suitable . |
| 12 | And I will be bold to say I am honest , though poor , and if you was a prince it would not be otherwise . |
| 13 | I think Freud would say though however that these are more like the th the was talking about religion , now clearly if something is a outlawing it is n't gon na make much difference to it , or if anything it 's , it 's just gon na make it er , er make it more difficult , but there are certain types of religion and Judaism is one of them where th this very pattern you 're talking about did occur and here Freud is er probably standing on , on firm ground , for reasons which I 'll explain in my lectures I do n't wan na take up too much time , but I have done a bit of research on this myself and as you will see , erm there 's , there are good reasons for thinking that Freud was certainly right about some of those and we certainly know that a monotheistic and , and an absolutely rigidly monotheistic religion appeared in Ancient Egypt as erm Andrea said , just before erm the er reign of this heretic er heretic , heretic pharaoh one of whose er near descendants , I forget how he was related now , erm was originally called Tutamkhatan and then was forced to change his name to Tutankhamen and he was dug up by Howard Carter in nineteen twenty two or something er and er the Tutankhamen is called Tutankhamen and not Tutamkhatan is that there was a religious . |
| 14 | me see what it is and there 's a chance it 's actually down |
| 15 | If there is a fracture it 's possible it may show up more clearly now , in which case I 'm afraid we wo n't have any choice but to put it in plaster . |
| 16 | When Poirot tells her that Hastings has remarked that the house looked haunted she assures them that if there is a ghost it must be a friendly one , because she has had three escapes from death in as many days so she must bear a charmed life . |
| 17 | The Left would like a civilian , but if there is a candidate it is keeping him under wraps . |
| 18 | Then I 'm home between 2.30 or 3 p.m. or if there is a meeting it is 4.30 p.m . |
| 19 | If there is a deficiency it is important that it is corrected by good diet and appropriate nutritional supplements . |
| 20 | The country was sunk too deep in chaos to be dragged out of it ; the climate of violence was such that voting would be impossible ; intimidation by the ruling Cambodian People 's Party ( CPP ) meant that if there were an election it could not be free and fair . |
| 21 | If there was a moon it was behind clouds , causing brightness without form , a glow in the heavens , life struggling to pierce the confusing fog . |
| 22 | ‘ If there was a divorce it would be very difficult for Charles to become king . |
| 23 | She was easily distracted by any noise , particularly if there was a chance it was food or another bird calling , and this sometimes made it difficult for me to make her concentrate on what I thought she should be doing . |
| 24 | If there was a generator it seemed likely there was hot water . |
| 25 | Well if , if there was an effect it would be really small . |
| 26 | Well he di he did a video a and it 's a wonder it were n't banned ! |
| 27 | There is a sense of which that good housekeeping with the inevitable consequences of government policy can be , can be in terms if you like , or benefits to the council tax payers , who have after all in a under the complete disaster of the poll tax which nobody but nobody in this chamber I suspect knew more unless there is at least one partisan tory who will try to save it , it was really a wonderful experiment and it 's a shame it did n't continue . |
| 28 | No , I thought if it was a man it was a president and it was a woman it was Prime Minister . |
| 29 | Either way it seems like we , even if it is a problem it 's Paul |
| 30 | We was carrying this ta erm table up the stairs and some boy knocked it and it fire alarms , everyone was , water started pouring down cos they have all the water as well , like , if it is a fire it was pouring |