Example sentences of "if [pron] [vb mod] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the last show , or earlier if they were n't working , Arthur would often fall prey to the bite of melancholy , with such sharp dread of all endings that he would greatly fear going to sleep , as if nothing would be left to him unless he kept watch on it . |
| 2 | If nothing can be done to save her , I almost wish she was already dead . ’ |
| 3 | At the moment I find that I can just afford my fortnightly twenty-minute flights , but in eighteen months time , when I reach the age of seventy , I wonder if I shall be able to afford £130 per year for the ‘ privilege ’ of flying ? |
| 4 | ‘ Well , ask your questions , Melissa , but I doubt if I shall be able to help . ’ |
| 5 | And all I can say is , God help me in the years between , because there 's going to be a fight and I do n't know if I shall be strong enough or clever enough to last out . |
| 6 | ‘ Because I do not know if I shall be coming back this afternoon . |
| 7 | ‘ Your eyes are wondering if I 'll be alright , ’ said the Bookman smiling gently . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't know if I 'll be able to swing it in India , it depends on the pitches and conditions , but as the Indians ' attack looks to be mainly swing and seam , it could happen . |
| 9 | " I doubt if I 'll be able to . " |
| 10 | God knows if I 'll be able to post this before the Jungle starts . |
| 11 | I do n't know where this Doctor had this idea from but I do n't know how many years ago , but I remember I had my Co-op news every week and , and he said that he could see us going a full circle and I 'm just wondering when he 's gon if I 'll be alive when it comes round again because I , I do n't think that these big mass stores erm as I say they 're all right you see , people with plenty of money with a car they could fill the freezer up . |
| 12 | I doubt if I 'll be off the hook for long . |
| 13 | It looks as if I 'll be there before you . ’ |
| 14 | I 'm wondering if I 'll be a bit short . |
| 15 | I du n no if I 'll be able to I du n no if I wan na tomorrow or not . |
| 16 | I do n't know if I 'll be allowed , I 'll have to ask cos you know how it is . |
| 17 | Sometimes I cough , as if I might be on the verge of tears . |
| 18 | If I might be so bold , for one who missed out on so much ( and not just in a cricket sense ) , I would offer a few words of advice . |
| 19 | And although for my own part it would be my ruin , yet so great is my veneration for you , so entire my reliance on providence upon so just an occasion that I should think myself but too happy if I might be accepted . |
| 20 | My good sister , how happy should I be if I might be admitted to a conversation with you at your grate . |
| 21 | Chair , if I might be allowed just thirty seconds comment on the budget from the point of view of some of the central services . |
| 22 | ‘ He remarked on me seeming worried about it and asked if I might be pregnant . ’ |
| 23 | Er the point I would like to make if I may is with er regard to the question of a a positive statement er that car dependency should be reduced and er more emphasis given to the availability and use of bus transport erm as well as t er rail transport . |
| 24 | Can I say first of all that er I support the general approach which has been adopted by Yorkshire County Council and the the other local authorities in the Greater York area , on the way in which they 've formulated their proposals for the York greenbelt after a fairly long erm and exhausting process , the question to which I want to address my comments first of all is whether the new settlement is an appropriate and justified planning response , and what I would like to do if I may is look at some of the reasons that have been raised erm in objection to the new settlement as a strategy , erm these issues have been raised by Hambledon District , York City Council , the C P R E , Montague Evans , in their written submissions to the examination of the . |
| 25 | Now sir , he had continued acidly , gripping Mark by the ear , ‘ tell me , if I may be so bold as to ask , precisely what I have been talking about . ’ |
| 26 | There 's a — well , if I may be pompous , a sort of biochemical relationship between the two . ’ |
| 27 | A most personable young man , if I may be permitted to observe . ’ |
| 28 | I believe that the new generation of " 16 bit " machines ( such as the ACT Sirius 1 ) will prove to be well capable of meeting these demands If I may be permitted one small advertisement , I do not expect it to be long before I can fulfil my objective of promoting the use of micros in personnel through the marketing of systems developed specifically for this field . |
| 29 | I 've come to see if I may be of use . ’ |
| 30 | It does not escape me that a fair hand has already written some account of my early days ; but that account broke off too soon , for I returned from the realms of ice , to which solitudes my soul — if I may be presumed to have one — was attracted . |