Example sentences of "if [pers pn] is [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So if yours is looking poorly , hack it out and replace it . |
| 2 | It 's as if she is conducting an experiment , with herself as one of the ingredients . |
| 3 | If she is staying in a comfortable hotel , has a caddie to look after her needs at the golf course and can travel on the packages arranged by the Tour 's travel operators , then she is more likely to be able to devote her full concentration on her golf . |
| 4 | If she is dining with friends at San Lorenzo , her favourite restaurant , her current detective , Inspector Ken Wharfe will often join her table at the end of the meal and regale the assembled throng with his jokes . |
| 5 | Clarke equalled the United Kingdom junior women 's record of 2.95 metres , and must now wait anxiously to see if she is selected for the junior international match against Hungary later this month . |
| 6 | If she is withdrawn from school for two years to help produce a new language course eighty children will lose out . |
| 7 | I wonder if she is getting it even , she says she 's gon na |
| 8 | You may not want to risk breeding from such a mare , especially if she is getting on in years . |
| 9 | And if she is to lose the inheritance , you may set it all to my account . |
| 10 | This may be a good moment to indicate to her very gently that she has grieved well and long , and that if she is beginning to feel that her period of mourning is nearing its end ( even though you appreciate that she will always carry the scars of her sorrow ) , you are ready to give her any help she needs to adjust to her new and different life . |
| 11 | Needless to say she has to take life as quietly as possible for some time if she is to regain her health and everyone will be pleased to know she is making good progress along these lines . |
| 12 | Likewise in the case of Lewis 's Eve : if she is ransomed by Ransom 's struggle with the Un-Man in the underworld , a sort of Harrowing of Hell sequence , how can she be said to have resisted the temptation on her own ; and if she has not really resisted through her own strength — if she is to be rewarded with immortality and felicity for something she has not done herself — where is the justice in the punishment , on another planet , of Eve and her descendants , for something which again was not wholly her responsibility ? |
| 13 | If she is determined not to be interviewed she could even write back and say quite clearly ‘ keep away ’ , in which case no earnest explanation by the interviewer is possible . |
| 14 | Will go closein similar company , especially if she is stepped up in distance . |
| 15 | The form of service and the choice of hymns , if any , should be your parent 's , and if she is hoping to see her husband 's coffin surrounded by flowers on its last journey , nobody should suggest to her that she should instead consider asking relatives and friends to send donations to a suitable charity , for this may upset her deeply , and if she gives in to it , it may become a burning resentment in her later on . |
| 16 | ‘ You know she does n't have the voice , and she 'll already be covering two heavy roles if she is to lead in the Baron and sing Juliette in our new Luxembourg . |
| 17 | I have a servant who helps me but always I wonder if she is telling me the truth or merely being kind . ’ |
| 18 | I look to see if she is joking . |
| 19 | The bikini is tiny , three triangles of cotton crochet , and her ribs protrude so much that she looks as if she is made of corrugated paper . |
| 20 | It feels as if she is reading everything out , even when it is spontaneous . |
| 21 | At times , it is almost as if she is trying to emulate the star-studded image of Suzanne Lenglen , which she clearly admires so much . |
| 22 | She will need to go if she is to take what would seem to be a deserved place in the record books . |
| 23 | If she is to go to the Superfinal in Cardiff in May as leading qualifier , she must at least return home with gold and silver from the 50 and 100m freestyle this weekend . |
| 24 | The only time she will sit with my mother is if she is called into the living room and the door closed behind her . |
| 25 | If she is called away patients may have to look after themselves . |
| 26 | Or , of course , if she is muzzled , she may have been killed by other predators against which she would have had no defence . |
| 27 | If your employee is paid varying weekly amounts , or if she is paid monthly , you need to calculate her average weekly earnings . |
| 28 | They also negotiate with her a ‘ coming home time ’ if she is going to be out later than usual . |
| 29 | Many widows like to stay in the home of a family member for a few days or weeks afterwards , but if she is going to return to her own home at some time , this should not be delayed for too long . |
| 30 | Arrangements will have to be made with a suitable removal firm if she is going to bring some of her furniture with her , and she may need help in finding the best dealers or auctioneers to take the items she wants to dispose of . |