Example sentences of "if [pers pn] [vb past] [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I wished to be cruel about the discussion this far , I would suggest that it has the evasive character of much comparative writing . |
| 2 | I 'd go mad if I had to be tidy as well as everything else . |
| 3 | If I wanted to be pretentious , I might call this paper an investigation of the sociology of literature . |
| 4 | If I wanted to be happy I should have avoided the pub altogether , or at least had nothing stronger than mineral water . |
| 5 | Before I could say , ‘ You bastards ’ , they were specks in the mist as I huddled from the blizzard behind a boulder wondering if I wanted to be sick yet . |
| 6 | ‘ The best of it was that the farmer — Mr Harris — said that if I proved to be right , he 'd call me in again , especially as Mr Jarvis had said that my fees were moderate . |
| 7 | Maybe , if she appeared to be unruffled by his underhand behaviour , Luther would seek other means by which to destroy her peace of mind . |
| 8 | Said she could check with the hotel if she wanted to be sure . |
| 9 | Typically , Oliver said that after the marriage Gill ought to call herself Mrs Gillian Wyatt-or-Hughes , that is if she wanted to be logical and grammatical and commonsensical and diplomatic and cumbersome . |
| 10 | be careful of the roads because a car ca n't erm ca n't always stop in time it 's up to you not to walk out in front of them cos they can say oh well you should be able to stop in time but in practice if you drove to be able to stop in time if somebody stepped out in front of you you 'd never above about five miles an hour you know ? you must sort of stick to the speed limits I do n't believe it we got gaining on the car in front . |
| 11 | Mike was an excellent shot at short and long distances and taught me how to control my weapon , how to change magazines with a simple wrist flick operation , and where it was best to hit a person if you wanted to be sure of incapacitating him . |
| 12 | If you wanted to be happy in life , then you had to find an occupation that began with the same letter as your surname . |
| 13 | ‘ If you wanted to be sceptical , you could say it would be better to finish second in the league than win it . |
| 14 | If you wanted to be different , you could find a big city at the end of the railroad and be different there . |
| 15 | ‘ You did not speak about the Royal Academy if you pretended to be interested in modern art , ’ said one young critic . |
| 16 | If we wanted to be tabloid fodder we easily could be . |
| 17 | If they , if they seemed to be alright then I just sign a copy and that goes into our records . |
| 18 | If they had to be responsible for choosing the leaders of the Church , they needed information and their secretaries should be able to talk to people who had the information . |
| 19 | They want to feel that they are making a reasonable living , though they would n't be teachers if they wanted to be rich . |
| 20 | He seemed far more concerned to take money off the rich — especially if they happened to be Muslim . |
| 21 | Nobody could have been better qualified to construct a consensus , even if it had to be temporary , from the new and angular alternatives that were now being proposed for the future of secondary schooling . |
| 22 | If he chose to be asleep when the lollipops were handed round , that was his lookout . |
| 23 | She loved fantasising about being his wife , wearing big hats , being chauffeur-driven and waltzing through the door of Number 10 if he got to be Prime Minister . |
| 24 | When he got you home he would strip at once , taking everything off right there and laying his clothes down on the hall floorway as if he had to be naked at once , methodically removing every item . |
| 25 | Endill did not know if he wanted to be hard but was too tired to argue . |
| 26 | If he wanted to be cagey , she thought , that was okay by her . |