Example sentences of "but if it be [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | long time to remember what 's going to happen in three months ' time , but if it 's something related to an event like Christmas or Easter or something like that , a lot of , a lot of press people are always thinking ‘ What the hell am I going to do that 's different for Christmas or Easter or so forth , ’ so if you do a signal , lay on a special event related to a , a time , in other words a sort of custom , a calendar custom-type event , they 're going to appreciate that notice because they may do some forward planning which would actually help them in that respect . |
2 | Erm , but if it 's I do n't know anything about the weather , so I could n't look at that and analyse it in any way . |
3 | He 's not yet sure if it 's operable , but if it is he wants me to take the case . |
4 | Begin keeping a record of all events at this point ; hopefully it wo n't be needed , but if it is you 've made a good start . |
5 | ‘ I 'm not sure if it is one , but if it is I do n't think you 'd laugh . ’ |
6 | ‘ I do n't know , but if it was I think they 're going to get round to some really nasty questions . ’ |