Example sentences of "if [pron] be [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it is n't dated , how can you tell if yours is from the golden period ? |
| 2 | I wonder if I am at the right do and half-expect two boxers to make an appearance . |
| 3 | If I am in the mood , fine . |
| 4 | If I am in the habit of greeting my neighbour or a regular passer-by in the morning , I must not omit to do so , or I shall cause immediate pain and offence . |
| 5 | you see I 've got one in the front room and I had this one put in so then I say if I am in the kitchen , I say , I lift up the receiver , hello , and hear who it is and then I , I say hang on while I get round the chair and then you see I sit on the arm of this chair and talk because er it 's difficult to stand too long |
| 6 | The earth curved up and around me wherever I went , as if I were at the bottom of a dish , and no matter how far I travelled I could get no nearer the rim — like a spaceman hurtling , as he thinks , towards the edge of the universe , only to find it unfolding before him and closing in behind , so that he is always at the centre . |
| 7 | If I were on the pay side in the Treasury , I would be prepared to permit maximum flexibility on the salary and conditions offered to the successful applicant . |
| 8 | All they told me was that if I were on the public payroll I 'd take a ride out to Westminster Drive and have a long talk with Mrs. Laura Channing . |
| 9 | ‘ It may seem so to you , but you can take my word for it , if I were in the business of prowling around car parks looking for innocent Bentleys to wreck , I most certainly would n't use my own car as a battering-ram . |
| 10 | I felt as if I was at the end of a long tunnel where someone was kicking my legs . |
| 11 | Thank you Chair , as the chair of that meeting yesterday , I was wondering if I was at the same committee as this m these minutes came from , because when I read the minutes two and three , I certainly did n't remember us passing those . |
| 12 | ‘ I just thought Britain was getting like a treadmill , and that if I was on the spot in the States I 'd be able to chivvy them around a bit more . |
| 13 | ‘ But several days later he came straight out with it and asked me if I was on the Pill and would I go on holiday to Scotland with him . |
| 14 | … In a court it would be so easy if I was on the other side to get up and say that in respect of eight of the conditions ‘ We complied and we only contravened the suspended solids condition and we 're very sorry it was 30,000 p.p.m. but you 're not gon na cane us for that are you , Mr Magistrate ? |
| 15 | Anyone in the city who knew me also knew that I could be found there , at some time every night , if I was on the planet . |
| 16 | If I was on the tiger 's side — running the other mob — I 'd be in no hurry to pounce . |
| 17 | If I was on the streets of Ireland now , and I 've been there many occasions and someone said to me , look at that Welsh get there , I would just have to take it . |
| 18 | Looking through her work you ca n't help but be impressed by the quality and her attention to detail — and I did just wonder if I was in the presence of someone who is going to be hailed the greatest canine painter of her era . |
| 19 | I felt them , if I was in the same position , I would probably drink heavily as well . |
| 20 | But with Son being here , talking about it once in a while when she gets a bit down , and do n't we all — well , I feel like it all happened last week , and what 's more as if I was in the middle of it . |
| 21 | ‘ If I was in the river , ’ he said reasonably , ‘ what am I doing here now ? ’ |
| 22 | But then I would read it , so if I was in the theatre I would read that so I would know that |
| 23 | unless unless , unless if I was in the detective office on my own and there was a decent job reported , I went straight out on it . |
| 24 | ‘ If I was in the same situation again 100 times I would come for the same punch and back myself to clear the ball every time ’ |
| 25 | And the thing is with my kids , if I was in the car on my own I could imagine chatting away |
| 26 | Which I would find very trying if I was in the D S S quite honestly . |
| 27 | Apparently even if I was within the time limit of twenty-eight weeks ' pregnancy — which of course I 'm not — I could n't possibly stand an eight-hour flight ; I 've got a touch of toxaemia — ’ |
| 28 | My eyes then focus directly between the top of the windscreen and the roof , and if I 'm at the front at traffic lights , I feel like Ayrton Senna would if you blindfolded him and put him on pole position . |
| 29 | I feel as if I 'm at the earth 's heart . |
| 30 | ‘ Tell me , ’ she said , ‘ if I 'm on the top floor , I think my clock is OK , right ? |