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 . |