Example sentences of "if [pron] be [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I were manager I would … ’ |
| 2 | ‘ If I was Empress I would be a constitutional Empress only , ’ said Pakeezah , drawing herself up . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Too fockin' cute , if you 're askin' me . ’ |
| 5 | Her body 's intact but her mind 's amok , though if you 're askin' me , I 'd say that was nothin' new . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | And if there is blood you will have to pray for forgiveness for that also . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | And erm usually if there 's space you ask them to sit just to listen to the introduction and then move on . |
| 11 | ‘ We 'll dump our things at the hotel , ’ Ward said , ‘ and if there 's time we 'll have a look round . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Then if there 's time she wants a ‘ Guess the Weight ’ cake making as well — I 've got to make it look as if it weighs five pounds when it really weighs ten . ’ |
| 13 | If there was laughter it was black , scornful , scathing . |
| 14 | Moreover , if there was maladministration it is of little consequence now in that the new regime established by the Financial Services Act of 1986 has rendered the DTI 's role in this matter redundant . |
| 15 | If there was trouble he 'd have to spend the rest of the day putting it down and would n't be able to get on with the arms search at all . |
| 16 | And if there was organization there was money . |
| 17 | If there was aggro she could handle it . |
| 18 | ‘ I said to Bernie if they were mine I 'd want to take them inside on a night . |
| 19 | ‘ 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 . |
| 20 | ( 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 . ’ |
| 21 | Here Lévi-Strauss argues that behind the original question from which Sartre began — how can man make history if history makes him ? — lurks another : if it is man who makes history , how does ‘ History ’ gain its exorbitant status as the desired , unachievable object of Sartre 's text ? |
| 22 | If it is power we seek , then our grammar of living is to communicate the need of achievement . |
| 23 | If it is politics you are interested in — as distinct from government , which is something quite different — the place to look from now on is the opposition . |
| 24 | Oh , I always wonder about that , I never know whether it 's correct I mean it certainly sounds better as you said , she did n't take her hand away , but I always find that when I 'm writing something down , I 'm torn , if it 's dialogue I want to say they did n't , could n't and all things come in . |
| 25 | If it 's pasta she comes here and asks us to cook it for her . |
| 26 | Also if you 're in rented accommodation you 're claiming housing benefit , you 'll probably have n't got to pay any rent , specially if it 's Council there 's relief , relief from paying |
| 27 | ‘ If it 's crack Ah 'll fuckin' kill ye , man . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ That wo n't do you any good if it 's escape you 're looking for . ’ |
| 29 | If it 's seaweed it must mean rain |
| 30 | If it 's money you want , I do n't have much with me , but what I got you 're welcome to . |