Example sentences of "if [pron] 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 | If someone is present who does n't enjoy speaking or is prominent through being an outsider , on a much lower level , or even a different gender from everyone else , make sure they get included . |
| 8 | Too fockin' cute , if you 're askin' me . ’ |
| 9 | Her body 's intact but her mind 's amok , though if you 're askin' me , I 'd say that was nothin' new . |
| 10 | If you 're DHSS it 's almost impossible . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ To be absolutely honest , even if you were Aphrodite herself , I would n't let you come near me . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | And maybe if you were Mandy you could . |
| 16 | But even if there is agreement it is clear from Jones v Griffith [ 1969 ] 1 WLR 795 that the plaintiff should still be prepared to call his doctor in , say , a serious head injury case so that the court can be guided on such matters as the management of the plaintiff or the epileptic risk . |
| 17 | And if there is blood you will have to pray for forgiveness for that also . ’ |
| 18 | If there is trouble it seems Jones is inevitably in the middle of it , but he ca n't afford to mix it any more with a six-month suspended ban hanging over him . |
| 19 | What it does is it means that there is a proper look each year at the finances of each individual firm er and er if there are things which are wrong , they are reported straight away and that really I think is the lesser of all of this with B C C I , er that er where things are not all they should be that they are dealt with and they are reported quickly and these orders , Madam Deputy Speaker , go a long way to helping to ensure that and for that reason I believe the house should warmly welcome them . |
| 20 | If there are contracts which are essential to the conduct of the business , the purchaser should make obtaining consent to assign or novate these a condition precedent . |
| 21 | And the second point I make is that if there are fools who are doing it wrongly then some of you ought to be doing it correctly . |
| 22 | So , so there 's that , there 's that kind of incentive behind it and , and , and , and that normal yield is , is gon na operate for three years , if there are improvements we 're still gon na keep that the normal yield tax based exactly the same . |
| 23 | If there are discrepancies we 'll bring it to the attention of the home office . |
| 24 | It should be a powerful voice , united where possible , but if there are disagreements there should be no attempt to pretend otherwise . |
| 25 | So far , this ’ — he pointed to the newspaper — ‘ is the only evidence we 'd found of such preparations , but if there are others they will be swiftly terminated by this Society and its agents . |
| 26 | … If there are problems we must and shall follow the path of peace ’ , although this was sound advice , it was not to the liking of his audience . |
| 27 | And then when they get bigger you give them more and more freedom to do just what they want to do and all you do is watch carefully and make sure they 're not doing anything obviously , outrageously daft but you let them find themselves and if there are problems they bring their problems to you and you sit down and you quietly talk about it , there 's not shouting , no I say you 've got to do this because I am your parent ! |
| 28 | Turn to that chapter now if there are issues you need help with right away . |
| 29 | In practice if there are beneficiaries who are capable of being consulted , it 's likely that one will say to those beneficiaries Right we need to raise some money , there 's only the shares to do it with , we 're proposing to sell them do you agree with that or would you prefer to have the shares and gives us some money ? |
| 30 | I said to the orchestra , ‘ If there are discords we must always play them as beautifully as we know how . ’ |