Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] be [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | If they are members they would find it difficult to refute charges of a breach of the Code of Conduct . |
| 32 | If they are voluminous , they are not notes — if they are notes they are not voluminous . |
| 33 | but if they are wankers nothing you do , and including , I mean I 've done it in the past , slowed right down and nine times out of ten it jus it just incenses them to drive even closer . |
| 34 | It is generally older dogs that are nervous of vehicles , especially if they are strays whose only previous experience of travelling in this fashion is being dumped in the dog warden 's van . |
| 35 | They , I mean if they were , if they were tigers they would n't do it would they ? |
| 36 | They 've invited other representatives , including some from the Borough Council : and if they were women they could n't have gone . |
| 37 | Except that if they were cowboys they would be dead . |
| 38 | ‘ I said to Bernie if they were mine I 'd want to take them inside on a night . |
| 39 | Humans , robots , cyborgs , androids and aliens : If they were serfs they all had to strip off before going through Arrivals Registration . |
| 40 | If they were slips they would n't |
| 41 | If they were tiddlers he always threw them back . |
| 42 | ‘ I do not know if you are so frank with me because you do not care how I react , or if it is honesty which prompts you . |
| 43 | ( 2 ) … a doctor shall be under no obligation to give treatment personally if such reasonable steps as are appropriate are taken to ensure continuity of treatment , and treatment may be given — ( a ) by another doctor acting as a deputy … ( b ) if it is treatment which it is clinically reasonable in the circumstances to delegate , by a person whom the doctor had authorised and who is competent to carry out such treatment . ’ |
| 44 | If it is contractors they 're happy doing anything . |
| 45 | ‘ If it is defenders we need , who will lead until we can join them ? ’ |
| 46 | ‘ Liam Devlin , if it is Devlin they choose , is hardly going to parachute into the courtyard at St Mary 's Priory tomorrow night , Jack , and if he did , so what ? |
| 47 | Here Lévi-Strauss argues that behind the original question from which Sartre began — how can man make history if history makes him ? — lurks another : if it is man who makes history , how does ‘ History ’ gain its exorbitant status as the desired , unachievable object of Sartre 's text ? |
| 48 | Italy is a country packed with things to do and sights to see , and if it is sports you are looking for , Italy is , again , the place to go . |
| 49 | If it is power we seek , then our grammar of living is to communicate the need of achievement . |
| 50 | If it is politics you are interested in — as distinct from government , which is something quite different — the place to look from now on is the opposition . |
| 51 | Australian cricketers commuting to and from England have breezed through the island since the beginning of such journeys in 1878 , but usually with the attitude that if it is Tuesday it must be Trincomalee . |
| 52 | If it 's Kerry he 'll be round ! |
| 53 | Oh , I always wonder about that , I never know whether it 's correct I mean it certainly sounds better as you said , she did n't take her hand away , but I always find that when I 'm writing something down , I 'm torn , if it 's dialogue I want to say they did n't , could n't and all things come in . |
| 54 | If it 's pasta she comes here and asks us to cook it for her . |
| 55 | Also if you 're in rented accommodation you 're claiming housing benefit , you 'll probably have n't got to pay any rent , specially if it 's Council there 's relief , relief from paying |
| 56 | If it 's crowds you want , you can even get to Venice in three hours . |
| 57 | ‘ If it 's crack Ah 'll fuckin' kill ye , man . ’ |
| 58 | ‘ That wo n't do you any good if it 's escape you 're looking for . ’ |
| 59 | It ca n't be Rachel , it wo n't be Jancey , and if it 's Victor I 'm not at home . |
| 60 | Now if it 's tablets they 've taken we do n't do whatever Angie did years ago in , in Eastenders and , and then she 's walked up and down and given gallons of coffee , what you do is keep your casualty at rest , nil by mouth because you , if you give them any fluid whatsoever it 's going to dilate , dilute the tablets that are in the stomach , and once they 're diluted they 've gone into the system quicker , mm , so there 's nil by mouth , now if you 're going to get up and walk them up and down because come on you must walk up and down , what 's happening to this per these tablets ? |