Example sentences of "if [pers pn] [am/are] [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought if I am going to be out of work , I might as well make some cash out of it . |
| 2 | I should be feeling disloyal to Fergus , I should certainly be wondering if what I am doing is right , and if I am going to be hurt . |
| 3 | But I could tell there was no real wish on her part to renew any old ties of love and friendship and if I am going to be honest no real wish on my part either . |
| 4 | If I 'm going to be a real actress I 'll have to know what makes people tick . |
| 5 | If I 'm going to be associated with someone , it 's got to be somebody I 'm proud of . |
| 6 | The Hollywood tough-guy , whose new movie Patriot Games opens next month , admits : ‘ Every morning I ask myself : ‘ I wonder if I 'm going to be able to act today ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ She told the doctor at the orphanage , ‘ If I 'm going to go to England for a short time I must be careful not to give too much of my love , but if I 'm going to be there for a long time I can give all the love I can ’ , ’ Mike says . |
| 8 | If I 'm going to be honest , all the things I find annoying and frustrating are created by other people . |
| 9 | And if I 'm going to be leafleting thousands of people in conferences , or at least hundreds , |
| 10 | And it does n't look as if I 'm going to be able to either , thought Donna irritably . |
| 11 | If I 'm going to be a stand-in for him , even temporarily , like this , I really need to know more about him , and that seems as good a way as any . |
| 12 | And if I 'm going to be head boy , I ca n't afford to get stale . ’ |
| 13 | Why you 're doing this Christmas , it may be my last , John said what do you mean , I said well , I do n't know if I 'm going to be in a classroom this time next year , I mean , I really enjoy Christmas with the children , fifteen years since I 've done it , I 've forgotten how I enjoyed myself . |
| 14 | well , well if I 'm going to be going home , leave it , cos if I 'm going to go home it 's pointless |
| 15 | If you are known to be seeing a shrink you are deemed to be going round the bend . |
| 16 | Will be paid if you are required to be at work over the lunch period ( ie 1200 – 1400 ) and there is no Council establishment at which a lunch could be obtained . |
| 17 | If you are going to be bringing up your baby on your own , you may be able to get more money every week on top of your child benefit . |
| 18 | For instance , if you are going to be discussing inner city problems , speaking about them from a beautiful stately home deep in the heart of the countryside lessens the impact somewhat ! |
| 19 | If you are going to be out late , organise a lift home or book a legal taxi from a reputable firm . |
| 20 | If you are going to be away from work for a period in the future , you will have to pay the full rate when you return to paid employment , so it might be as well to start now , and build up the maximum benefit . |
| 21 | If you are going to be successful sometimes you have to do that . ’ |
| 22 | With respect , it is no good saying that we are unbalanced in our editorials if you are going to be selective in your reading of the magazine . |
| 23 | It makes sense , therefore , if you are going to be a hero and dig a plot two spits deep , to know whether to ‘ double dig ’ ( reverse the spits ) or to ‘ bastard trench ’ ( leaving them in the same position ) . |
| 24 | I think if , if you are going to be the only Chair Person then there should be a , there , there should be a , a Deputy so if you 're not able to take the chair , there is somebody else . |
| 25 | You need to know where your blind spots are if you are going to be able to use the wing mirror of your intuition successfully . |
| 26 | I know that if you are going to be really good at sport you have to concentrate on it completely and give up all your spare time and energy to it . |
| 27 | So , if you are going to be exposed to the sun , do n't forget the sun cream . |
| 28 | If you are going to be lightly humorous , skimming like a butterfly , then you will be ill served by a plot that is impossibly ingenious or a plot that has at its centre something too grave to be dealt with light-heartedly when , long after you have embarked on the actual writing , the moment comes to reveal all . |
| 29 | If you are going to be integrating photographs into your documents then it is obviously fairly essential to make sure that the software can look after the TIFF file format ( or any other that you may be working with ) . |
| 30 | ‘ If you are going to be in senior job you are going to put a lot of time in so you give up your social life a bit perhaps . |