Example sentences of "if [pers pn] be [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ I always give 110 per cent and that 's why fans at most clubs would want me to play for their teams if I was to get a move from Arsenal . ’ |
| 32 | ‘ Although I 've never thought about it if I was doing a job down here . ’ |
| 33 | Erm I think that 's that worked quite well but there is a bit of I I suspect if I was to show a video every week there 's a reluctance th for people to want to pay me in a sense . |
| 34 | so remember that , do when you do the bearings if you 're doing some , erm examples , or you 're looking through , or you 're doing some revision , get up , stand up , and think , right what 's to think of , oh it 's not there , like if I 'm taking a bearing on these flowers , it 's , well , just that much in it , you know , |
| 35 | That does n't mean I necessarily disagree either , but if I 'm asked a question I give an answer . |
| 36 | ‘ If I 'm given a challenge I have to have a go at it , ’ he admits , reflecting on the guiding principles that have taken him to the top of two major industries . |
| 37 | ‘ Call me old-fashioned , and you can shoot me down in flames if I 'm telling a fib , but I 'm pretty much upfront and hands on when it comes to megastardom . |
| 38 | ‘ If I 'm wearing a silk teddy or stockings and suspenders , I whisper a description in Stewart 's ear as he leaves for work . |
| 39 | If I 'm doing a crossword , and I think I 'm getting stuck — ’ |
| 40 | It really depends what I 'm doing , if I 'm doing a lot of stuff , then I do n't need |
| 41 | If I 'm making a film of myself and I 'm on probation , at the end of the year I can pass or fail or have my probation extended because I 'm not successful enough to be called a qualified teacher , then I 'm opening myself up for people to come and look at my mistakes . |
| 42 | When they were about to leave for the restaurant , a man standing near the bar came up to Kevin and said , ‘ If ye 're wanting a place here , the Half House is on the market . ’ |
| 43 | Instead of the pure , clear cut tones we 're used to , she sings as if she 's swallowed a bag of sugarcubes complete with bag . |
| 44 | She may not trust you , so ask if she 's heard a loo flush in the night . |
| 45 | A stream of urine splashed into the first glass , and as it filled Estelle guided the stream to the next glass as if she were holding a hose pipe . |
| 46 | Franca , with her almost black hair and her almost black dress , felt occluded , invisible , as if she were wearing a shadoor . |
| 47 | Only Lori could act as if she were meeting a bosom friend for tea and a chat , when the reality was something light-years removed . |
| 48 | ‘ I 'm sorry , I ca n't help you , ’ she kept saying , as if she were chanting a mantra . |
| 49 | Her lips move constantly , as if she were remembering a text , like a Hasid at prayer . |
| 50 | And if , it 's as if she were writing a diary , I decided . |
| 51 | In the dark she had hammered at him as if she were driving a spike . |
| 52 | Algy said , sitting on a low tapestry footstool by her mother 's chair and putting her forefinger on Lady Grubb 's big garnet ring as if she were pressing a doorbell , staring up at the implacable old head and thinking of nothing but of how to get her to look at one of the two people in the room . |
| 53 | She got in the car with as much ceremony as if she were mounting a camel . |
| 54 | Mrs Zamzam listed the villages through which she travelled — Al Naher , Al Kabil , Al Nahalie , Tashiha and Al Dear — and then she fell into a kind of swoon , wailing as if she was mourning a husband or son and holding her hands to her face . |
| 55 | It seemed as if she was facing a sea of glittering gowns . |
| 56 | But her smile was strange — as if she was sharing a secret with me , that this was an illusion it was for us two , not the old man , to foster . |
| 57 | She liked to ride him , as she put it , and the ride was accompanied by a kind of commentary , as if she was urging a horse along in a steeplechase . |
| 58 | Lucy lit another cigarette , drank her wine , and her voice came out as if she was reading a script . |
| 59 | Trouble was , if she appeared downstairs too soon it would look as if she was cadging a lift , and if she arrived too late they would have gone without her — and then how would she summon up the courage to go at all ? |
| 60 | It was as if she was seeing a stranger , a stranger with her daughter 's face and body . |