Example sentences of "if it be [pers pn] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still , there is plenty to justify Scrooge s charge of humbug in our present day Christmas practice , and I sometimes wonder if it is us who need to be frightened out of our effervescent joy . |
| 2 | ‘ O'course t is none o ’ my business but you wo n't find Maurice if it 's him you want to see ; he went off in his li'l truck when we was sitting down to our dinners . |
| 3 | He did n't need to ask her if it was she who had told him . |
| 4 | If it was you who answered the telephone , they hung up but when you were away riding they spoke to me . |
| 5 | This is because I can always ask ‘ Would I still prescribe that action if it was I who had that desire ? ’ |
| 6 | Doctor Hensman was still in charge , making solemn authoritative pronouncements and predictions , and behaving as if it were he who had cured the patient . |