Example sentences of "if he was [verb] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ … that it would look much better if he was seen to be supporting indigenous native art as well as looking to Africa or Latin America . |
| 2 | I looked to see if he was trying to be unpleasant but he was obviously making an effort to be polite . |
| 3 | He was staring at the floor , keeping very still as if he was trying to be part of the wall . |
| 4 | But if he was trying to be a political playwright then should n't he clarify what he . |
| 5 | People would say — usually his father — that if he was determined to be an artist , well and good , but why did he spend so much time with books , and silly French novels at that ? |
| 6 | If he was expecting to be well in the clear at lunchtime , he was mistaken , Blackmoor 's own Paul Tupper carding a marvellous 66 , with seven birdies . |
| 7 | In what must now rank as one of the most well worn cliches of modern football , Peter Marinello was dubbed ‘ The Scottish George Best ’ , and with predictable results , the machinery of pop music , fashion and advertising pursued the young Hibernian player as if he was guaranteed to be the next big thing . |
| 8 | I wondered if he was waiting to be alone with her . |
| 9 | It would be too horrible if he was going to be cooped up alone like this every day . |
| 10 | I was n't going to answer him back , even with ‘ He wanted to bring that lizard back — was he going to keep it for a pet ? ’ — not if he was going to be like that . |
| 11 | ‘ Tim always phoned if he was going to be late . |
| 12 | If he was going to be a failure , then let the full extent of his failure be experienced . |
| 13 | He was then known as Mick Misell , came from the East End , and bristled when an officer , asking Burton if he was going to be an actor , was rebuffed by the reply , ‘ Probably not , sir . |
| 14 | They asked him how he was doing at school , made up questions to test him , twitted him about imaginary girlfriends , and there was always someone who wanted to know if he was going to be an RIC man like his dad when he grew up . |
| 15 | He said it was the first time he 'd done so but he was damned if he was going to be wheeled into a restaurant like a blasted mental patient out with his nurse . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Maths and science — just the subjects Hilary would need if he was going to be a doctor . |
| 17 | I do n't like him at all , and if he was going to be the next Frank Lloyd Wright , I could n't care less , and it would n't change my opinion of him as a man , which is that he 's — ’ |
| 18 | She could n't bear it if he was going to be coldly hostile again . |
| 19 | If he was going to be late on parade — 3 p.m. , he 'd promised every pressure would be on the other two group leaders , Sheila Williams and Cedric Downes , to keep the tourists adequately amused by each of them shouldering an extra responsibility . |