Example sentences of "[conj] [conj] [pron] be [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have to explain that although they 're priests they 're really not credulous nitwits , and then they feel they have to go further and they end up writing books about it and yapping away on the television . ’ |
| 2 | Except that if they were cowboys they would be dead . |
| 3 | Australian cricketers commuting to and from England have breezed through the island since the beginning of such journeys in 1878 , but usually with the attitude that if it is Tuesday it must be Trincomalee . |
| 4 | But they do n't speak any English , I do n't speak any Arabic , so I 'm gesturing away about the bar-tailed lark and not being able to go into the forbidden zone , and somehow or other the leader understands what I 'm going on about and makes me understand that because they 're nomads they do n't have to follow international boundaries . |
| 5 | Maxim felt a moment of total disorientation before he realised that something must have gone badly wrong , that because she had not greeted him he must stay being Winterbotham , that because they were strangers he must make the first move . |
| 6 | That is , he maintains that while they are soldiers it is their duty to fight , but should they choose the way of non-violence then it would be their duty to refuse to fight . |
| 7 | They often go out as individuals , and where there are clubs we either do not hear from them , or their existence is short-lived . |
| 8 | And if they 're professionals they 'll know it , too . |
| 9 | They 've invited other representatives , including some from the Borough Council : and if they were women they could n't have gone . |
| 10 | And then when they get bigger you give them more and more freedom to do just what they want to do and all you do is watch carefully and make sure they 're not doing anything obviously , outrageously daft but you let them find themselves and if there are problems they bring their problems to you and you sit down and you quietly talk about it , there 's not shouting , no I say you 've got to do this because I am your parent ! |
| 11 | ‘ We 'll dump our things at the hotel , ’ Ward said , ‘ and if there 's time we 'll have a look round . ’ |
| 12 | And if there is blood you will have to pray for forgiveness for that also . ’ |
| 13 | It ca n't be Rachel , it wo n't be Jancey , and if it 's Victor I 'm not at home . |
| 14 | Italy is a country packed with things to do and sights to see , and if it is sports you are looking for , Italy is , again , the place to go . |
| 15 | Oliver said that could have been easily accomplished by telling Shildon where they really were and if it were Shildon she had heard going through a desk in the typists ' room he must already have found out . |
| 16 | They are warm and but it 's colour I do n't know whether I perhaps if I saw cream again this year I might buy it but erm I 'm not sure that I want to when this deep orangy colour . |
| 17 | If they were working they 'd be going to discos , but because they ca n't work they stay at home , and because they 're girls they do the housework , though they feel they are doing somebody else 's housework . |
| 18 | And whether it 's Michelle we release back is another issue . |
| 19 | and when you 're kids they seemed so big ! |
| 20 | And when you were pros you did , you got all the mucky jobs to do as well . |
| 21 | One of the great characters of the cutter fleet at that time was Leo Brock , ex P & 0 purser and when he was chef he demanded an assistant — and got one . |
| 22 | I wa I usually and then lock it and th and when there was visitors she opened up and she left the front door wide open and in there rummaging around ! |
| 23 | It fell ill , unknown to the family , and as it was mid-winter it crawled under a neighbour 's balcony to escape from the cold , where it expired . |
| 24 | They are one in nine hundred similar food outlets in Cotswold District we deal with them all even handedly but where there are problems we have a statutory responsibility to deal with them |
| 25 | So far , this ’ — he pointed to the newspaper — ‘ is the only evidence we 'd found of such preparations , but if there are others they will be swiftly terminated by this Society and its agents . |
| 26 | Do n't get me wrong — sheep are profitable , very profitable , but if it 's cheeses you rear them for then one man can only deal with a few . |
| 27 | But if it 's rubbish it 's storage for Dick it 's taking up . |
| 28 | No , I do n't think , but if it 's pyjamas he . |
| 29 | poor Derek , I mean I do n't know whether Derek 's away , did n't bother to come up on , if if he did n't bother to come Friday well he 's still laying on the bench , but if it 's Jack you see , the other day she well give did you ask him , I said no I do n't mention it till Friday to him and then when I get the next one I 'll say well is it this week 's or last week 's ? |
| 30 | Who this might be he could not tell , but if it was Balliol he had donned more clothing , which seemed unlikely , in the rush . |