Example sentences of "if [pron] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Q What do I do if I wish to be excused attendance at School ? |
| 2 | " I could n't have a worse offer if I lived to be a hundred . |
| 3 | Something which , if I lived to be two hundred years old then went and announced it at St Paul 's Cross , would rock the very throne of England and scandalise the courts of Europe ! |
| 4 | If I wished to be cruel about the discussion this far , I would suggest that it has the evasive character of much comparative writing . |
| 5 | I 'd go mad if I had to be tidy as well as everything else . |
| 6 | and there was another one across the way and she was deteriorating , she was getting nervous right there , see if I had to be brought away you know |
| 7 | On orders from the new Earl , my visits to the house were to be permitted only if I agreed to be supervised . |
| 8 | MY later visits to Althorp were allowed only if I agreed to be supervised |
| 9 | I could go to chapel if I agreed to be confirmed when I was older . |
| 10 | I must also apologize if I seemed to be trying to put you off them . |
| 11 | If I wanted to be pretentious , I might call this paper an investigation of the sociology of literature . |
| 12 | Before I could say , ‘ You bastards ’ , they were specks in the mist as I huddled from the blizzard behind a boulder wondering if I wanted to be sick yet . |
| 13 | If I wanted to be happy I should have avoided the pub altogether , or at least had nothing stronger than mineral water . |
| 14 | I was at the Edward II wrap party and someone asked me if I wanted to be in a film . |
| 15 | A deaf therapist said : ‘ They felt that if I wanted to be on the course , I 'd got to manage the same as everyone else . |
| 16 | If I wanted to be a doctor or a lawyer , I could be one tomorrow . |
| 17 | ‘ But , if I promise to be very quiet , may I stay ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Well , I 've lived her all my married life , and if I promise to be very discreet , not gossip about it … ’ |
| 19 | It 's as if we 're taking responsibility for men 's problem , but if I want to be safe , I feel I have to . |
| 20 | I ask myself if I want to be more like the slim women whom I admire than like my own thin body . |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't know if I want to be doing this in ten years ’ time but I certainly believe it is important to plan ahead . |
| 22 | Every time I looked in the mirror — and I can be a very careful driver if I want to be — I saw the languid bride with shuttered eyes and hair adrift . |
| 23 | They are trying to guard me … but until I see for myself , how do I decide if I want to be protected ? |
| 24 | If I live to be 110 , I shall doubtless feel no more alien than anybody else in the prevailing subtopia because nobody will be working out-of-doors . |
| 25 | If I live to be one thousand years of age , I ( and no other man ) will never really fathom the female psyche . |
| 26 | He even added a comment : ‘ This was written by Eled in an attempt to spoil the Book , but it will remain if I live to be 100 . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Not if I live to be a hundred . ’ |
| 28 | I do n't understand it , if I live to be a hundred I wo n't understand it . |
| 29 | If I happen to be pondering them when about to cross the street , and the green light has changed to yellow , ‘ Be aware ’ resumes all its authority ; never mind that at another level of discourse physics dismisses colour as subjective , unreal . |
| 30 | ‘ My friends are people that I trust and I do n't have to put on airs with them — they know me and do n't assume that I 'm a terrific snob if I happen to be very quiet . ’ |