Example sentences of "if his [noun] be [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More and more after these scenes he felt worn out , drained — as if his life were being slowly refined down to a point . |
| 2 | He screwed his eyes shut , but it was as if his sight was being destroyed by the light of a thousand flares . |
| 3 | Clair George , who recorded the conversation in his usual bombastic way , noticed a twinkle in Casey 's eye as he said that , and wondered if his leg was being pulled . |
| 4 | In the circumstances of the current re–organisation however , employees will be allowed to retain the new level of protected hours , in a higher grade post if the result is a saving due to the reduction in staff numbers , either in the post they are vacating or in a lower graded post further down the structure or if his replacement is being appointed on the grade and hours required in the final structure . |
| 5 | CHARLES WOKE as if his body was being dragged out of a deep pit , and memory returned slowly to his pounding head . |