Example sentences of "if [pron] [vb past] be [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd always wanted to be a comedian at school , I 've always been obsessive about comedy , and if I 'd been rubbish it would have been a bit problematic . ’ |
| 2 | A country that gave her a cold welcome , in which the To Let signs specified ‘ No Coloureds ’ , and of which she wrote in Second-Class Citizen , ‘ If I had been Jesus I would have passed England by and not dropped a single blessing . ’ |
| 3 | If she had been Nick she would have cried , or at least put on a hurt face . |
| 4 | Mia 's lawyer said : ‘ If there had been threats he 'd call the cops . ’ |
| 5 | Yeah the master walked past , if they had been boys they would have said something , you know , go into your study and do some work , do something you know , but because they were girls th we were girls they did n't |
| 6 | ‘ If it had been Jonathan I should n't have heard him ; he and Sarah were like cats about the house . ’ |