Example sentences of "[conj] if you [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or if you 'd been on holiday . ’ |
| 2 | This will be so where selection is for a ‘ trade union reason ’ , such as refusing to become or remain a member of a particular trade union ; or if you have been unjustifiably selected in contravention of a customary agreement or agreed procedure in respect of redundancies . |
| 3 | Pension transfers between different parts of the public sector are easy , so that if you stop being a teacher and become a civil servant , for instance , you get full credit in the new scheme . |
| 4 | So that if you 've been really rough , and you 're ninety nine , you can look at the figures and you 've still got nearly four years left . |
| 5 | The argument that if you 've been born a tortoise , it is difficult to become a hare because some official insists , is flawed , though the imposing of fines must be done in a responsible manner and not by self-appointed officials with heavy-handed habits . |
| 6 | It seemed to Preston that if you avoided being stabbed to death by terror gangs , you stood an even chance of being burned to death by sudden conflagration , or pushed on to the live line by a psychopath lurking among the rush-hour crowds , or struck down by a heart attack brought on by the extreme rage and frustration of trying to understand a platform announcement . |
| 7 | I will I would say that if you had been speaking to me on the phone , and this is not a criticism of John it 's just a an observation , you would n't be here . |
| 8 | Now you can work out for yourselves that if you 'd been betting a pound on each of those horses you 'd have finished up substantially down . |
| 9 | She argues that if you have been assisted by relatives yourself , this imposes a strong obligation to provide similar support for others , even if that means giving a temporary home to someone whom you do not particularly like ( p. 89 ) . |
| 10 | You can get wetter than if you had been in a winter shower . |
| 11 | It was worse than if you 'd been single — you 'd no friends . |
| 12 | Unpleasant symptoms are a lot easier to cope with if you know you have Whatsisname 's Syndrome than if you 've been told that it 's ‘ all in your mind ’ . |
| 13 | And if you had been I know just exactly who my brother would have blamed ! |
| 14 | ‘ Well , I did n't really believe it , but business is n't great at the moment , and if you had been the person concerned … ’ |
| 15 | And if you 've been watching BBC 's Masterchef series , the winning recipes are also in Good Food , on sale August 8 . |
| 16 | It shows how well we are conducting the service , in what is an old bedding factory , after all , and if you 've been to Winchester lately , you will have seen a six million pound record office , with with modern architecture in a prominent position in Winchester , er , which I 'm sure they 're conducting a service , but I 'll bet you that pound for pound we 're giving a far better service in Wiltshire , with our dedicated staff , who 've been there a long time . |
| 17 | I also wonder how the system copes with changes to people 's incomes , er many people particularly in recession we heard that unemployment in Cambridge is now approaching ten percent and if you 've been turned down by the council , your council housing on your means test are you really going to go back to them at a time when you may be under a lot of stress with unemployment to have your circumstances reinvestigated , I very much doubt whether people do go back . |
| 18 | And if you 've been wind surfing and you ca n't get back , you can always hitch a lift to dry land . |
| 19 | Nobody 's job is secure , but some jobs are more secure , have always been more secure than others and if you 've been , as some of them have been relying on overtime |
| 20 | And if you 've been out and about on public transport this evening , you should n't have had too many problems . |
| 21 | Your natural ability is the thing that should emerge , and if you have been well coached the coaching wo n't show . |
| 22 | It makes a lot of difference cos if you 've been in a church hall before ! |
| 23 | But if you 'd been playing about with your sister 's husband you might feel inhibited . |
| 24 | But if you 'd been in trial in America |
| 25 | This may seem like a hard thing to do , but if you 've been involved with occult powers you really do need the help of an older Christian , so pluck up all your courage and … |
| 26 | Yeah , and of course they say it 's easier , but if you 've been brought up with it , well yes it 's dead easier |
| 27 | You will have lost your latest changes to the document , but if you have been saving your documents regularly , as you should , this should not be too much of a problem . |
| 28 | Well we 've talked football , we 've talked speedway , we 're now going to talk rugby , because if you 've been following the exploits of the Bicester Rugby Club , you 'll know they got through to the semi-finals of a big national competition , and they play that semi-final this coming Saturday . |