Example sentences of "if [pers pn] [vb past] to [be] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | " I could n't have a worse offer if I lived to be a hundred . |
| 2 | If I wanted to be a doctor or a lawyer , I could be one tomorrow . |
| 3 | ‘ Because Stapleton thought that she would be very much more useful to him if she appeared to be a free woman . ’ |
| 4 | At five , Maura knew that if she wanted to be a part of their games she had to sit and watch quietly , otherwise they would sneak out of the garden leaving her alone . |
| 5 | ‘ And imagine what it must have been like before all those modern office ‘ towers ’ were built to dwarf it — especially if you happened to be a traitor . |
| 6 | He went to the US because ‘ Goldsmith decided that if you wanted to be a capitalist the UK and France were not the places to be ’ . |
| 7 | So if you wanted to be a removal man you had to find the work to justify you having an A licence , but of course you could n't because you had n't got an A licence to do it with . |
| 8 | If you wanted to be an instructor and you were serious about gliding , you could probably achieve it in a couple of years . |
| 9 | You see if they wanted to be a foreman he 'd still in the union . |
| 10 | If he lived to be a hundred , he 'd never get used to this evil oozing cold . |
| 11 | If he had to be a slave , it was better to have a fair master . |
| 12 | ‘ I told him if he wanted to be a great athlete he would have to stop chasing them . ’ |
| 13 | At the party afterwards Binkie Beaumont , far and away London 's biggest impresario ( he had put on The Druid 's Rest ) , asked the boy if he wanted to be a professional actor . |
| 14 | But Mr Major said that if he tried to be a Tory tough the public would know him for a phoney . |