Example sentences of "be a [adj] [noun] if [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They give better support at the edges than a sprung base so they 're a practical choice if you tend to sit on the bed . |
| 2 | You 're a mean devil if you ca n't run to scotch , Jack . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ You 've most certainly got the ability , ’ she told her earnestly , ‘ and you 're a good worker if you like , I 'll write to your father . |
| 4 | ‘ You 're a brave man if you go back for another of these things , ’ he adds , gesturing at a dodgy-looking sausage sandwich . |
| 5 | And , and look at you as if you 're an old fogey if you say tuppence I expect . |
| 6 | Certainly it would not have been a viable proposition if it had run into serious trouble within a year or so of its launch . |
| 7 | He is , he said my mother said she could have been a forensic scientist if it ha if I had n't been born ! |
| 8 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that , although I welcome the economic measures to assist the Soviet Union — granted , as he rightly says , because of the courage of President Yeltsin in implementing his reforms — the other side of the coin is that it would have been a terrible mistake if we had jumped the gun and granted the assistance before the reforms were implemented ? |
| 9 | I 'd never been there but there would have been a terrible fuss if I 'd taken off to Roundhay Park or Woodhouse Moor or somewhere . |
| 10 | It would have been a crying shame if we had drawn or lost the game . |
| 11 | But I do not mean to suggest either , he wrote , that it was all waiting and no doing , all sitting and no action , for though it was impossible to tell when the beginning would come , indeed , he wrote , there could not have been a real beginning if it had been possible to tell , for if it had been possible to tell that would have meant that there had already been a beginning , no , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) , occasionally things were done , work was begun , though it was soon abandoned , it added up to nothing , it only showed me that I had been mistaken in thinking that I had indeed started . |
| 12 | It would have been a different story if they 'd had to find the key money for the flat themselves . |
| 13 | It would have been a different matter if they had let him write his own account of what he had found at the Foinmen . |
| 14 | It would have been a different matter if you had been a permanent assistant in the practice . |
| 15 | She would have been a talkative woman if she could . |
| 16 | It could have been a dire result if they had got into the surf . |
| 17 | Right now you must be able to recognise in , either a structural formula or a condensed formula you must be able to recognise existence of what is called and asymmetric centre if you are a chemist kiral centre if you are a super chemist if you are a biologist an atom bonded to different ones . |
| 18 | Parents believe bouncy castles are a good idea if they 're run properly : |
| 19 | Multi-vitamins with iron are a good idea if you have heavy periods , particularly if you are a vegetarian . |
| 20 | Also in the market are banks which are a good idea if you want to keep all your financial affairs under one roof . |
| 21 | [ to PAMELA ] Own that you have been very saucy and beg my pardon and I will try to pity you , for you are a sweet girl if you had but held out and been honest . |
| 22 | Our ‘ Shoestring ’ properties tend to be smaller and less grand than most of the larger resort hotels , and are an excellent choice if you 're looking for a more ‘ ethnic ’ type of holiday . |
| 23 | And that would have been an awful loss if you had lost a a a a ham . |
| 24 | ‘ My friends are people that I trust and I do n't have to put on airs with them — they know me and do n't assume that I 'm a terrific snob if I happen to be very quiet . ’ |
| 25 | And he added : ‘ I 've never had a broken toe before but Ian Botham will tell me I 'm a big softie if I 'm not playing by the middle of next month . |
| 26 | This would be a useful feature if it were not for the fact that a certain amount of vaginal discharge is perfectly normal and natural for a woman in her reproductive years ; and what is more , this natural discharge is subject to a fair amount of variation depending on the stage of the menstrual cycle . |
| 27 | But such a checklist of questions can be a helpful prompt if you are faced with a passage and can not find a place to start . |
| 28 | How can Christ be a perfect penitent if he is really sinless ? putting it in ordinary terms : if you are completely innocent of a crime , no one is going to make much sense of it if you say : ‘ I am not guilty of this offence , but I confess on behalf of others and wish to represent their guilt . ’ |
| 29 | They are willing to do so because they expect to be paid back , and because they expect to profit from the transaction through the interest they charge on the loan — it would be a strange world if they did n't ! |
| 30 | They are willing to do so because they expect to be paid back and because they expect to profit from the transaction through the interest they charge on the loan — it would be a strange world if they did n't ! |