Example sentences of "if it [verb] be the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it had been the following week with school holidays but I , I do think you 'd be very tired the next day . |
| 2 | I knew if it had been the other way round , if it was Robert I had to ask , he would have said , ‘ On yer bike . ’ ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Richard Cawston 's film could not have had a better critical reception if it had been the combined work of Eisenstein , Hitchcock and Fellini , ’ wrote the critic in the Evening Standard . |
| 4 | The polished wood floor , the scattered rugs , the furniture , it looked as if it had been the same for years , yet Kate could see the newness of the sofas , the curtains . |
| 5 | ‘ What if it had been the wrong house ? ’ |