Example sentences of "if [pron] was [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean if there was no-one in the car and the door was bloody open then |
| 2 | Always worrying you if there was something for the least . |
| 3 | A's defence on the latter ground would of course be assisted if there was something in the shed worth stealing . |
| 4 | Caretaker wondered if there was something in the syntax of the Welsh language which made this sort of construction more acceptable in Welsh than it was in English . |
| 5 | Did at least 50% of those interviewed state that they would buy the products mentioned from a hypermarket if there was one in the area ? |
| 6 | It can be done also while the train is moving , which is why we want to know if there was anyone in the dome car who was unknown to you all . |
| 7 | If there was anyone in the world who could match Marvin drink for drink it was Richard Burton . |
| 8 | If there was anyone in the twentieth century to resolve the dilemma , repeat the Beowulf -poet 's masterpiece of compromise , and preserve ‘ the permanent value of that pietas which treasures the memory of man 's struggles in the dark past , man fallen and not yet saved , disgraced but not dethroned ’ ( ‘ Monsters ’ , p. 266 ) , Tolkien must have thought it should be himself . |
| 9 | Mr Templeton said he had asked the man if there was anyone in the building . |
| 10 | ‘ I came to see if there was anything in the apartment to give me a lead on who killed Mahoney , ’ I said . |