Example sentences of "[prep] [subord] it be [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think if especially if I was n't if it was one of if it was my main |
| 2 | You talk about if it 's something you 're used to you talk about something and you know what you 're talking of and somebody a bit like actual |
| 3 | The order for maintenance sounds as if it is something which will be enforced in specie ; yet in fact there is neither good reason to believe this , nor any need for that to be done . |
| 4 | Chopping as if she really means it , the sharp knife hacking through the orange flesh , the bits flying , almost as if it is something personal . |
| 5 | I watch my face and I watch it move as if it is someone else 's . |
| 6 | Only we are behaving as if it 's nothing to do with us and that only the West is to blame for the thousands who turn their back on us . ’ |
| 7 | It 's as if it 's what I should have worn all along . |
| 8 | ‘ You do n't imagine I 'm going to allow him to come and go here as if it 's his own home , do you ? ’ |
| 9 | We 're not yet a police lab even if you do walk in and out of the place as if it 's your own kitchen . |
| 10 | Well go on do it then , it is n't as if it 's your handwriting . |
| 11 | We sometimes use the term ‘ equity ’ , or words corresponding to it , in popular language as if it was something altogether outside law . |
| 12 | She sounded as if it was something he was going to be pleased about . |
| 13 | as if it was something only experience could teach , he advised , ‘ If they have a gun or a knife , whatever you 've got , hand it over . |
| 14 | The good news is that as none of your other fishes have shown any signs of disease it sounds as if it was something non-infectious , so that you should have nothing to worry about regarding their health . |
| 15 | He knew that Grainne was gentle and strong and sensitive ; he knew this as if it was something he had been born knowing ; even so , he found himself remembering that the Wolfline were said to have old enchantments in their blood , and that the old enchantments were tinged with the dark sinister magic of the first sorcerers , and that the descendants of those long-ago Wolfkings could still spin their own bewitchments and weave their own spells . |
| 16 | But Joe did n't let the remark hang , as if it was something that he 'd felt compelled to let her know but did n't want to discuss any further ; he said , ‘ Are we going to stay here , or move somewhere warmer ? |
| 17 | Hilary , coming out of his reverie , noticed his discomfiture , and smiled as if it was something of not the slightest importance : ‘ The suggestion has been made , ’ he said . |
| 18 | He ran and kissed Lucie on the forehead , as if it was something he did routinely every day . |
| 19 | And then , delicately , as if it was something she hardly wanted to admit to , ‘ Much . ’ |
| 20 | Both Michael and Carrie do not use their TK powers to cause a knife to kill someone , instead they controlled the death as if it was something they really wanted . |
| 21 | On the shelves there were fish swimming in the air as if it was their natural habitat . |
| 22 | ‘ — as if it was their natural habitat . |
| 23 | In 1982 , he sacked on the spot several high-ranking officials for failing to maintain an adequate food supply to the main market in Bucharest — as if it was their fault that there was nothing to show the General-Secretary when he put in a surprise inspection visit . |
| 24 | Occasionally when she was wearing this she had a trick of lifting it like wings , or ruffling it as if it was her real plumage , and she 'd declare : ‘ My dears , I am preparing for The Flight — into Egypt , to the islands , to the New World — who knows ! ’ |
| 25 | Why was he making it seem as if it was her fault , her choice ? |
| 26 | D'Arquebus snatched one shroud of black silk as if it was his birthright . |
| 27 | He winked again as if it was his way of dismissing visitors . |
| 28 | How dared he treat her as if it was his right to inspect her with that insolent expression on his face ? |
| 29 | ‘ Gavin used the Welfare account as if it was his own money , ’ Mr Georges said . |
| 30 | I could write as if it was someone else … ’ |