Example sentences of "if [pers pn] be not [v-ing] " in BNC.

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1 He 'll tell me if I am not bowling well enough to make the Test side , or if he thinks Phil Tufnell will be best suited if we need only one spinner .
2 ‘ I have no rational ground for going back on the arguments that convinced me of God 's existence : but the irrational deadweight of my old sceptical habits , and the spirit of the age , and the cares of the day , steal away all my lively feeling of the truth , and often when I pray I wonder if I am not posting letters to a non-existent address . ’
3 ‘ I tend to drift around in it , if I am not concentrating .
4 1 openly support the FDR-FMLN and feel that it would be an opportunistic attitude on my part to expect to act as a spiritual leader of my people after the triumph of the revolution if I were not working with them at this crucial time .
5 IF I WAS not writing about dancers , I would love to write about horses .
6 ‘ I 'll be very disappointed if I 'm not competing for a place in the first one-day international on January 16 .
7 If I 'm not getting what I 'm supposed to , I 'll start .
8 ‘ But if I 'm not enjoying it I wo n't make the mistake of going through the motions like I did this year . ’
9 ‘ But if I 'm not enjoying it then I wo n't make the mistake of going through the motions like I did this year .
10 If I 'm not teaching I 'm marking in th to actually get a lecture through cos I was given this with about a weeks ' notice you see , so I did n't have a chance to prepare the stuff for this course other than as we go along Right ?
11 Alright , listen to this if I 'm not taping it then .
12 Yes , if I 'm not using the grill I take it out .
13 feeling as if I 'm not using the resources I 've got .
14 And he added : ‘ I 've never had a broken toe before but Ian Botham will tell me I 'm a big softie if I 'm not playing by the middle of next month .
15 A second factor which I 'd like to raise , and please stop me , sir , if I 'm not playing your ground rules here , is to get back to the original point made by Mr Davis , as to how this figure is going to be split between the districts , I think it 's absolutely essential that this figure is split between the districts , and it may well be , if you decide , sir , to recommend in favour of the new settlement that you may have to leave that as a floating figure to go around the districts , at the moment it is not .
16 It is n't forever , I know , but there are times when I wonder if I 'm not missing out on other things that can be equally important . ’
17 ‘ That is , of course , if I 'm not keeping you from a million other engagements . ’
18 If I 'm not keeping her appetite sharp for flying , she has two or three chicks a day .
19 That if I 'm not going forward I 'm going back .
20 I use a small piece of putty over the nozzle for speed and short-term storage ; but if I 'm not going to be using it for a while , I take the top off and place a small piece of Clingfilm over the bottle , then screw the top back on again .
21 ‘ Right , Mr Clever — if I 'm not going to do the driving , who is ? ’
22 I do n't know what I 'm going to think about if I 'm not going to worry about him all the time .
23 does n't matter if I 'm not going to name any names but I mean I 've seen some people who it 's been suggested might stand two hoots of a flick of a finger whether someone of the sort that I 've seen mentioned , stood or not .
24 Why do n't you go if I 'm not going ?
25 four pounds for a dance if I 'm not coming
26 ’ Why should I pay protection , ’ I asked irately , knowing the answer very well , ’ if I 'm not carrying anything to protect ? ’
27 If I 'm not interrupting … ’
28 I mean if I 'm not working in the lab then there are going to be times when I shall be short of a job … ’
29 If I 'm not working or away , I 'm doing the garden .
30 If I 'm not working Sunday I shall see if you 're off .
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