Example sentences of "if it be a [noun] it " in BNC.
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1 | Either way it seems like we , even if it is a problem it 's Paul |
2 | We was carrying this ta erm table up the stairs and some boy knocked it and it fire alarms , everyone was , water started pouring down cos they have all the water as well , like , if it is a fire it was pouring |
3 | If it 's a will it 's the executor or the one executor of the number of them who are proving it . |
4 | I think he really wants to name it after every member of the Spurs football team , so if it 's a girl it could be tricky ! ’ |
5 | Erm if it 's a hatching it 's a little different is n't it ? |
6 | No , I thought if it was a man it was a president and it was a woman it was Prime Minister . |
7 | But , unfortunately , she soon realised that if it was a nightmare it was a living nightmare . |
8 | ‘ If it was a mistake it is their fault , ’ said Andrew . |
9 | Some of them were some had got old cars in where the tyres , if it was a puncture it was these great big wheels with beaded edge tyres which you can , you put on in quite a different way from the modern car tyres . |
10 | ‘ And if it was a pay-off it did n't do him any good . ’ |
11 | In effect , if it was a profession it was a profession in name only ( a point made indirectly by my lecturer who studiously avoided use of the word ) . |