Example sentences of "if he be [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he 's determined to be awkward , roll on the eighth ! |
| 2 | If my husband 's going to be in about that time we all have it together , but if he 's going to be late they have theirs first . |
| 3 | If he 's going to be hungry , maybe I ‘ d better get a meal together . |
| 4 | ‘ He 's a good boy , he 's done nothing , they 've taken him away , I know he always comes home or sends me word if he 's going to be kept . ’ |
| 5 | If you pay money to an artist how can you tell if he 's going to be famous a couple of years from now ? |
| 6 | We could hardly expect Jennifer to want to go to that place if he 's going to be there . ’ |
| 7 | But if he 's going to be a leader , he 's got to be a bit of a bastard ’ . |
| 8 | Well she says Michael has n't rung so she said I assume that he 's coming cos if he 's going to be late , if he 's anywhere reasonable |
| 9 | If he 's going to be miserable I mean it 's only nursery it does n't really matter . |
| 10 | I mean it is a possibility , and if he 's going to be awkward perhaps we 'll have to just make sure that we do that , which is presumably fairly easy , if the post goes out from the same office . |
| 11 | It is sufficient if he is shown to be intentionally using violence or if he is aware that his conduct may be violent . |
| 12 | ‘ … that it would look much better if he was seen to be supporting indigenous native art as well as looking to Africa or Latin America . |
| 13 | I looked to see if he was trying to be unpleasant but he was obviously making an effort to be polite . |
| 14 | He was staring at the floor , keeping very still as if he was trying to be part of the wall . |
| 15 | But if he was trying to be a political playwright then should n't he clarify what he . |
| 16 | People would say — usually his father — that if he was determined to be an artist , well and good , but why did he spend so much time with books , and silly French novels at that ? |
| 17 | If he was expecting to be well in the clear at lunchtime , he was mistaken , Blackmoor 's own Paul Tupper carding a marvellous 66 , with seven birdies . |
| 18 | In what must now rank as one of the most well worn cliches of modern football , Peter Marinello was dubbed ‘ The Scottish George Best ’ , and with predictable results , the machinery of pop music , fashion and advertising pursued the young Hibernian player as if he was guaranteed to be the next big thing . |
| 19 | I wondered if he was waiting to be alone with her . |
| 20 | It would be too horrible if he was going to be cooped up alone like this every day . |
| 21 | I was n't going to answer him back , even with ‘ He wanted to bring that lizard back — was he going to keep it for a pet ? ’ — not if he was going to be like that . |
| 22 | ‘ Tim always phoned if he was going to be late . |
| 23 | If he was going to be a failure , then let the full extent of his failure be experienced . |
| 24 | He was then known as Mick Misell , came from the East End , and bristled when an officer , asking Burton if he was going to be an actor , was rebuffed by the reply , ‘ Probably not , sir . |
| 25 | They asked him how he was doing at school , made up questions to test him , twitted him about imaginary girlfriends , and there was always someone who wanted to know if he was going to be an RIC man like his dad when he grew up . |
| 26 | He said it was the first time he 'd done so but he was damned if he was going to be wheeled into a restaurant like a blasted mental patient out with his nurse . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Maths and science — just the subjects Hilary would need if he was going to be a doctor . |
| 28 | I do n't like him at all , and if he was going to be the next Frank Lloyd Wright , I could n't care less , and it would n't change my opinion of him as a man , which is that he 's — ’ |
| 29 | She could n't bear it if he was going to be coldly hostile again . |
| 30 | If he was going to be late on parade — 3 p.m. , he 'd promised every pressure would be on the other two group leaders , Sheila Williams and Cedric Downes , to keep the tourists adequately amused by each of them shouldering an extra responsibility . |