Example sentences of "it were [adj] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | If it were alive I 'd strangle it ! ’ |
2 | He said it were continental something and th |
3 | If it were reasonable it could not be miraculous , could it ? ’ |
4 | ‘ I think , ’ she remarked , ‘ it has pleased God to punish them justly , for they really talkt as if it were impossible they should be beaten . ’ |
5 | Just as green wood , when it is put into the fire , weeps tears of water in the heat because it is still green ( for if it were dry it would not weep ) , so does the heart weep when it is made green again by the renewal of grace , after the desiccating dryness of selfishness has been drawn out of the soul . |
6 | If it were true it would be a remarkable telepathic phenomenon , but sadly there is usually a much simpler explanation . |
7 | But even if it were true it would n't be the sort of fact to interest one in a person , would it ? ’ |
8 | Still If it were true it would obvioulsy good to get some more experience . |
9 | If it were true he would have telexed my hotel . ’ |
10 | The first uses PC /k to show that you do n't know anything of which you know that if it were true you would not be a brain in a vat . |
11 | I have talked glibly of complexity , and of apparent design , as though it were obvious what these words mean . |
12 | As she were in a hurry an' it were ready I said you 'd send on t' bill . ’ |
13 | She wondered whether it were conceivable he had forgotten about it . |