Example sentences of "[coord] if [pron] be [noun] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ 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 .
2 And if they 're professionals they 'll know it , too .
3 They 've invited other representatives , including some from the Borough Council : and if they were women they could n't have gone .
4 And then when they get bigger you give them more and more freedom to do just what they want to do and all you do is watch carefully and make sure they 're not doing anything obviously , outrageously daft but you let them find themselves and if there are problems they bring their problems to you and you sit down and you quietly talk about it , there 's not shouting , no I say you 've got to do this because I am your parent !
5 ‘ We 'll dump our things at the hotel , ’ Ward said , ‘ and if there 's time we 'll have a look round . ’
6 And if there is blood you will have to pray for forgiveness for that also . ’
7 And if there was organization there was money .
8 It ca n't be Rachel , it wo n't be Jancey , and if it 's Victor I 'm not at home .
9 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 .
10 Oliver said that could have been easily accomplished by telling Shildon where they really were and if it were Shildon she had heard going through a desk in the typists ' room he must already have found out .
11 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 .
12 It should be a powerful voice , united where possible , but if there are disagreements there should be no attempt to pretend otherwise .
13 So far , this ’ — he pointed to the newspaper — ‘ is the only evidence we 'd found of such preparations , but if there are others they will be swiftly terminated by this Society and its agents .
14 Do n't get me wrong — sheep are profitable , very profitable , but if it 's cheeses you rear them for then one man can only deal with a few .
15 But if it 's rubbish it 's storage for Dick it 's taking up .
16 No , I do n't think , but if it 's pyjamas he .
17 poor Derek , I mean I do n't know whether Derek 's away , did n't bother to come up on , if if he did n't bother to come Friday well he 's still laying on the bench , but if it 's Jack you see , the other day she well give did you ask him , I said no I do n't mention it till Friday to him and then when I get the next one I 'll say well is it this week 's or last week 's ?
18 Who this might be he could not tell , but if it was Balliol he had donned more clothing , which seemed unlikely , in the rush .
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