Example sentences of "if it be [adv] [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Sounds as if it 's just above us
2 If it 's up to you , make sure that the type of entertainment is suitable for your Home .
3 And then if it 's up to you to take it or leave it .
4 And so , parents that may be listening , it sounds as if it 's up to you to provide the basic training to enable the schools to do their part .
5 ‘ Here , let me pull the paper off now that you 've undone the ribbon and tape , or it wo n't feel as if it 's really for me . ’
6 ‘ Sometimes I wonder if it 's really worth it ! ’
7 I do n't like to remind you of this , but if it was n't for me , you 'd be in a bedsit somewhere now , living off the DHSS .
8 ‘ We 'd be a lot thinner than this if it was n't for me , would n't we , Ted ? ’ he said .
9 You 'd be walking if it was n't for me .
10 Well you would n't of got them if it was n't for me
11 ‘ I would n't be at Arsenal if it was n't for him .
12 If it was n't for him , I 'd have talked Dimitri round .
13 ‘ Look , if it was n't for him … ’
14 If it was n't for him we 'd still have the empire . ’
15 If it was n't for him it would have been in bits .
16 If it was n't for them , he 'd be feeling like he was home again .
17 I mean , if it was n't for them and the way they voted !
18 If it was n't for her we 'd never have set foot in Farmhouse Grim .
19 She said to me once , ‘ That stupid yank bitch , if it was n't for her , I could have this baby ’ . ’
20 It 's her fault , that bitch Caroline with her red hair and her expensive perfume — he would n't be here if it was n't for her , it was her that had killed him .
21 If it was n't for her would you come away with me ? ’
22 If it was n't for her , Emma would understand how I feel .
23 " If it was n't for you two , " my mother told us , " I could be off somewhere else . "
24 I might have stopped it already if it was n't for you .
25 ‘ You know , Athelstan , if it was n't for you and your bloody logic , I 'd put the entire mystery down to witchcraft .
26 If it was n't for us he would starve .
27 If it was n't for us he would rob you ,
28 If it was not for her , this Council would have had more opportunity of addressing some of the deep problems the Tories either created or left behind .
29 My mum used to dress me up for church , but if it was up to me I would have wanted to wear something tatty .
30 He looked at his watch and said , " If it was up to me I would leave in ten minutes . "
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