Example sentences of "if [pers pn] [be] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a human observer sets out to interpret the " emotions " of a rat what else can he do except say of himself : " Now if I were that rat , how should I feel ? " |
| 2 | You are treating me as if I were another Rosette Fournier . ’ |
| 3 | I 'm not going to bring the whole world down on us by telling my mother and father that I feel like a big spancelled goat going to college and having to come back here every night as if I were some kind of simpleton . |
| 4 | as if I were some Arab with five gold watches up his arm . ’ |
| 5 | Richard and I thought you had settled so nicely ’ — as if I was some sort of jelly — and then , ‘ Well , if you really want to , I suppose it would be nice for you to earn a little pin money . ’ |
| 6 | Three figures , their faces muffled by cloaks and broad-brimmed hats , seized me and began to beat me as if I was some dog . |
| 7 | It was as if I was another man . |
| 8 | And the Gunners ' record signing , pilloried for his moment of madness in the battle of White Hart Lane a week ago , said : ‘ People in the street are going to look at me as if I 'm some kind of nutcase trying to put people out of the game . ’ |
| 9 | She thought : I feel as if I 'm some kind of cake . |
| 10 | ‘ You 're asking me if I 'm some sort of embittered , wounded animal , who only wants to reach out and break things because he ca n't be happy or possess them ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I sometimes wonder if she 's any senses to come to . ’ |
| 12 | Oh by the way , I do n't think she 'll ever go out with you if she 's any taste at all . |
| 13 | I 've spoken to right er and owes me a few favours and I 've said er would you consider her completing her training until the end of May middle of May which she does at the and then if she 's any good , take her on , providing she gets a driving licence . |
| 14 | She had no objection to working for her keep , but if Penry Vaughan went on treating her as if she were some kind of serf she 'd stick to plain , basic cooking from now on , she thought resentfully . |
| 15 | Kandinskaya watched her as if she were some lab specimen but eight months of training had taught Jezrael techniques that smoothed her responses to a minimum . |
| 16 | He released her , his fingers still loosely in the escaped strands of her hair , staring at her as blankly as if she were some phantom being from another incarnation , a mythical seductress beamed unexpectedly into the passenger seat of his car . |
| 17 | I knew her for months before she admitted , in a low voice , what her job was — as if she were some sort of traitor to society . |
| 18 | After soaping her every nook and cranny , he rinsed her , and kissed her body reverently as if she were some deity to be worshipped and adored . |
| 19 | If she were several sizes larger she could have them . ’ |
| 20 | She felt certain then that he must be thinking that if she was any sort of a journalist that she could do quite a write-up out of the considerable time she had just spent walking in his sole company . |
| 21 | It is a thing that is only important if you are some sort of lonely fan who loves The Wedding Present and thinks that David is a lovely , sincere person . |
| 22 | ‘ Remember , my lady , if you are any man 's wife , you are mine ! |
| 23 | The remastering will only really matter if you 're one of those bores with expensive stereos , but if you 're that sort of person then that 's reason enough to buy this . |
| 24 | The remastering will only really matter if you 're one of those bores with expensive stereos , but if you 're that sort of person then that 's reason enough to buy this . |
| 25 | Well , if you 're that sort of person , I would worry about them you see . |
| 26 | Fiona ; Yeh I 've heard about this Council Tax , so then it 's true if you 're all students living together then you do n't have to pay ? great ! ! |
| 27 | It 's just a race , after all — if you 're any good , you can wave your arms about while pulling a horse 's back teeth out and keep yourself out of the stewards ' room . |
| 28 | I got to see if you 're any good . |
| 29 | Well it 's extremely simple and if you 're any good at digital electronics it should be an absolute doddle for you . |
| 30 | ‘ If you were that fancy , we 'd have heard about you . ’ |