Example sentences of "if [pron] was one [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't talk to me as if I was one of your Deptford pals . |
| 2 | ‘ If I was one of your students and you lot were counting up your staff-student contact hours , working to rule and refusing to mark exam papers , I might well prefer to give up the course and marry my brother 's friend Sharif . |
| 3 | It was no use waiting for Bella to answer her door : if it was one of her favourite programmes she would pretend not to hear the door bell . |
| 4 | ‘ Who is it ? ’ she asked warily , her brain trying to work out some excuse if it was one of her friends . |
| 5 | ‘ If it was one of us it 'd be different . |
| 6 | Vi had never imagined she could think kindly of any submarine again , but if it was one of your own then surely it was right and proper to wish it well , and raising her hand she had traced a blessing on the early morning air . |
| 7 | If he was one of them , that 's why they were hurrying back to London , so Gloria could say goodbye before he was put on a ship and Dot would n't ever have to see him again . |
| 8 | Well in fact it I would be very surprised A if he was one of ours and B if he was successful . |
| 9 | Been different if he was one of your upper crust . |