Example sentences of "[conj] if he be [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He told me that if he were to return to Bangladesh he would face certain assassination by the Government , which wishes to keep the situation in Chittagong secret . |
| 2 | Oh , she knew well enough that if he were to walk through that door now , she would not entertain him ; her pride would not let her . |
| 3 | He suspected that if he were to walk into the newsroom and make an arrest there would be only a momentary gasp before someone was out with the first of a new crop of jokes . |
| 4 | He explained his interest in moral , political , and legal issues as that of ‘ an economist who discovered that if he was to draw from his technical knowledge conclusions relevant to the public issues of our time , he had to make up his mind on many questions to which economics did not supply an answer ’ . |
| 5 | The player was adamant that if he was to play for Huddersfield he must be allowed to live in Newcastle . |
| 6 | What would happen if I loved him more than he loved me , and if he were to cheat on me one day ? |