Example sentences of "if [pers pn] [was/were] from [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the amounts the Poles spent were dwarfed by the way the Nazis used state funds as if they were from the Nazi Party cash box . |
| 2 | They said in the shop that the men who did it had been pretending to take up paving stones — nobody thought anything because it looked as if they were from the Council . ’ |
| 3 | Nicandra smiled and acknowledged the obeisance as if it was from a dog doing its trick . |
| 4 | If it was from a blood transplant . |
| 5 | No , no if it was from a blood transplant then I 'd feel sorry for them , but if it was from you know , then I do n't . |
| 6 | The steps were worn away at the centre , and Grainne wondered if it was from the footsteps which passed this way every night , or whether it was simply from age . |
| 7 | I would n't know if it was from the heart of Palmolive 's Flakes Department or Mrs Beaton 's Home Cooking Department . |
| 8 | I mean that 's a , a thing that er I remember seeing a TV documentary and there was this bloke , I du n no if he was from the Terence Higgins Trust , I do n't think so , but erm er anyway he was going on about this , this very thing that there 's often the homophobic imagination er has this sort of slippage between you know , consenting adult activity and if you 're gay , if you 're homosexual then this probably means that you 're also interested in seducing children , you 're also interested in sado-masochistic activity er you 're also interested in , you know , a whole variety of other , you know , things which |