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 . " |