Example sentences of "if they [was/were] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes they 'd like if they were in South Wales , in South Wales you know if your grandfather was a scab , you 'd be a scab would n't you , they carry it out in generations there . |
| 2 | If they were in debt , which they were very often , they had n't a penny . |
| 3 | How many new taxes would the Opposition introduce if they were in government ? |
| 4 | The more I read about Opposition policy the more convinced I am that if they were in government there would be no food left to eat in this country . |
| 5 | If they were in proportion with the rest of my body , it would be better , then I would n't look top-heavy . |
| 6 | Delegates attending the session in Torquay were asked to sit on the right-hand side of the room if they were in favour of the motion and on the left if they were against it . |
| 7 | THESE FOUR boxes of action highlights from Pickwick enable the devout to exhume the 1992 World Cup , feeling it again as if they were in attendance in Australasia once more or seeing much of it for the first time if sleep and work schedules got in the way during those 33 hectic days and nights . |
| 8 | But Darlington Chief Inspector Matt Longstaff also believes club managers could have contacted the force if they were in doubt over their legal position . |
| 9 | " You need it , sweetheart , " it was the lover 's voice , yielding , as if they were in bed . |
| 10 | Rather than contend with the pain of being left , he ensured that relationships broke down if they were in danger of becoming important to him . |
| 11 | She 'd snatched them away as if they were in danger , and afterwards burst into Quentin 's study to have her scene . |
| 12 | Therefore , students generally only really looked to housing benefit to top up their accommodation needs and only then if they were in property not owned by their college . |
| 13 | Not as if they were in pain but very quietly and evenly , as if out of some dreadful and hopeless despair . |
| 14 | Accordingly , accompanied by Emil and a few of the others , I carried my bags to the coffee shop where everyone immediately ordered huge carrot cakes , the speciality of the house , as if they were in fear of famine . |
| 15 | However , he believed the risk was minuscule as would-be donors were urged not to give if they were in risk categories . |
| 16 | Treatment with sedative antihistamines was continued throughout the study if they were in use on entry . |
| 17 | I am not sure if they were in fact in use at the end . |
| 18 | With the rising and falling of the blaze , the stone faces showed as if they were in torment . |