Example sentences of "[adv] if [pers pn] be [pron] " in BNC.

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1 You may be able to ease the tension somewhat by taking a few deep breaths but you will do even better if you are someone who regularly practises some form of relaxation .
2 Now obviously in a case like that there does n't really need to be a great deal of negotiation because obviously if it 's something being given ex gratia then really obviously people really ca n't be in a position to argue too much .
3 Only if it 's anybody wanting money I 'm not in . ’
4 Patients were counted as having chosen oxygen only if it was their choice on both occasions .
5 ‘ Only if , ’ said Connon slowly , ‘ only if it was someone she knew well . ’
6 So if we 're we 're if we get if we get past that erm er that that point of am I going to take a flier .
7 So if you was me , what would you think about that happy-birthday message I got ? ’
8 It 's got to be the same , or related so if it 's something new , then it will be a whole new claim .
9 A HUNDRED in your first innings of the season is sweet , and especially so if it 's your team 's third one-day match , and you 've been left out of the first two because you are not regarded as a one-day player .
10 Yeah so if it was somebody you did n't like you could say , here I saved you one of these , have a look at number element , very useful
11 So if it was me walking his dog as he goes by he said we 'll see what , he said we 're rebuilding a new bungalow on the insurance claim .
12 So if I were you I would just have a word with your insurance company and make sure that everything 's okay but you 're obviously , they must know that you 've got to leave your er fridge-freezer switched on , so you 've got to have your mains electrics on .
13 So if I were you , I 'd nip over to the Company Health Club for a couple of hours , tidy yourself up a bit , and see what they can do to lick your wounds . ’
14 Someone paid them good money , a lot of money , to do that — this so-called ‘ friend ’ they mentioned — so if I were you I 'd be trying to work out who he is rather than getting on my soapbox .
15 So if I was you Richard I would n't leave it till last minute , I a bit sooner in case the buses are not running .
16 The cry of the human infant ( and this effect applies especially if it is one 's own ) is pitched at a level , and varied in such a way , as to be nigh impossible to ignore or get used to .
17 It 's very , it 's very tempting , especially if it 's something that you badly want as happened to me recently when I 'd set my heart on buying a new erm video recorder .
18 Especially if it , especially if it 's someone that you 're snogging as well .
19 Well especially if it 's my baking !
20 Most doctors will tell you it 's best to have your baby in hospital , especially if it 's your first child .
21 I would write it down if I were you , yes , right and things like a breach delivery , what 's a breach delivery ?
22 ‘ As for looking a fool , I would n't play this down if I were you .
23 I should stay lying down if I were you .
24 ‘ Let's say I do n't want to be last in line not if it 's what they want anyway .
25 Not if it 's who I think it is . ’
26 They were not , Hope observed , as Mrs Crump and Mrs Moore surrounded her with attention , the welled-up tears of spontaneous emotion — not if he was anything of a judge : there was something spare , almost dry , if the word could be excused , about the tears ; he noted their dryness carefully while , in mime show , semaphoring to Colonel Moore and Mr Crump ‘ the female of the species ’ and ‘ over-sensibility ’ and ‘ poor child ’ and ‘ let the ladies resolve it but although we are men of the world we too are not unmoved by the finer shades of feeling , especially for those fallen on life 's remorseless battlefield . ’
27 ‘ But my father says you would love me best if you were my wife , so that would be better . ’
28 Sh I 'd speak to Tony anyway if I was you , just in case .
29 You , I would normally if you 're my opponent , I would say , Chris would you like to come and watch this shot ?
30 ‘ I would wait a little if I were you . ’
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