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

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1 Now if I were Alwyn I would not be too proud of winning a competition to see who could use more cliches than anyone else .
2 If I were manager I would … ’
3 If I were Souness I 'd go for the Charles Bronson option .
4 If I was Madonna I would probably have shown it to you .
5 If I was Madonna I would probably have shown it to you .
6 If I was Empress I would be a constitutional Empress only , ’ said Pakeezah , drawing herself up .
7 Too fockin' cute , if you 're askin' me . ’
8 Her body 's intact but her mind 's amok , though if you 're askin' me , I 'd say that was nothin' new .
9 If you 're DHSS it 's almost impossible .
10 A number of these things that I have already raised this morning are perhaps are , er primary phase issues rather than secondary but we must remember that the pressures on secondary schools continue as in the primary phase and finally another concern which you are all very well aware of and which particularly if you 're governors you will have drawn to your attention constantly is erm the continuing concern about our educational building stock both in terms of its adequacy as regards the size and the capacity of the accommodation at , where some schools are concerned its need for repair and maintenance work and its need for adaptation to meet the new demands of the curriculum .
11 Er recordwise it never happened and does never seem to happen but we can go to America and work in the Irish centres and the Irish clubs and be an Irish band but er the way we could come over here and do a concert to people in general , it does n't I think the radio situation in America for years was al always very if you were folk you played in folk programme , if you were country you 'll play in the country prog whereas here in Britain there 's one great thing with the radio system , people tend to play whatever you know if it 's easy listening programme they play whatever is is nice and easy listening you know .
12 ‘ To be absolutely honest , even if you were Aphrodite herself , I would n't let you come near me . ’
13 Er recordwise it never happened and does never seem to happen but we can go to America and work in the Irish centres and the Irish clubs and be an Irish band but er the way we could come over here and do a concert to people in general , it does n't I think the radio situation in America for years was al always very if you were folk you played in folk programme , if you were country you 'll play in the country prog whereas here in Britain there 's one great thing with the radio system , people tend to play whatever you know if it 's easy listening programme they play whatever is is nice and easy listening you know .
14 And maybe if you were Mandy you could .
15 And if they 're professionals they 'll know it , too .
16 If they 're minors they wo n't even get their name in the paper .
17 On the one hand , if they are mothers they are more likely to delay seeking help from their GP for fear that their children will be taken into care .
18 If they are members they would find it difficult to refute charges of a breach of the Code of Conduct .
19 If they are voluminous , they are not notes — if they are notes they are not voluminous .
20 but if they are wankers nothing you do , and including , I mean I 've done it in the past , slowed right down and nine times out of ten it jus it just incenses them to drive even closer .
21 It is generally older dogs that are nervous of vehicles , especially if they are strays whose only previous experience of travelling in this fashion is being dumped in the dog warden 's van .
22 They , I mean if they were , if they were tigers they would n't do it would they ?
23 They 've invited other representatives , including some from the Borough Council : and if they were women they could n't have gone .
24 Except that if they were cowboys they would be dead .
25 ‘ I said to Bernie if they were mine I 'd want to take them inside on a night .
26 Humans , robots , cyborgs , androids and aliens : If they were serfs they all had to strip off before going through Arrivals Registration .
27 If they were slips they would n't
28 If they were tiddlers he always threw them back .
29 ‘ I do not know if you are so frank with me because you do not care how I react , or if it is honesty which prompts you .
30 ( 2 ) … a doctor shall be under no obligation to give treatment personally if such reasonable steps as are appropriate are taken to ensure continuity of treatment , and treatment may be given — ( a ) by another doctor acting as a deputy … ( b ) if it is treatment which it is clinically reasonable in the circumstances to delegate , by a person whom the doctor had authorised and who is competent to carry out such treatment . ’
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