Example sentences of "if it was [pron] " in BNC.

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1 say if it was yourself and father who both were n't well , he would , if you just pick up the phone and say , I 'm running short can I have a b b and he , he brings it round , like you know , j j
2 I wondered if it was him , playing on a pre-recorded tape ; or his brother .
3 Gloria had gone in and a person at a window had waved once but Dot had n't known if it was him .
4 I left the stores man wondering if it was him or me who was mad .
5 He wondered if it was him .
6 Yet Travis — if it was him — had exacted a promise from her that she must n't breathe a word about Rosemary .
7 And it , now she 's got to have the curtains replaced and I wondered if it was him who 'd come
8 I ca n't er I du n no actually , I 'm not sure if it was him , he had a friend called Rob and he was a blond beautiful boy as well and they were both blond beautiful boys together sort of thing
9 The report is fascinating because the Magharba ( if it was them ) probably directed their demand to the government .
10 Honestly if it was them that had to stuff those navy blue fitted sheets into the automatic after he 's been home they 'd be Under No Delusions .
11 If it was them , they had been through the house very , very carefully .
12 Peter says : ‘ I would like them to think if it was their brother , if it was them that had to sit there and watch their brother die in their arms , see how they would feel .
13 If something did not go right , such as missing a train — even if it was her own fault — she flew into a rage .
14 I even asked her if it was her that smashed that kiosk up !
15 Occasionally when she was wearing this she had a trick of lifting it like wings , or ruffling it as if it was her real plumage , and she 'd declare : ‘ My dears , I am preparing for The Flight — into Egypt , to the islands , to the New World — who knows ! ’
16 But in Lebanon we do n't have vows , they have like kind of contract , and if the if they broke the contract it 's the bride and groo , the groom have to pay that amount of money for the the bride , even if it was her fault .
17 What if it was her feebleness that made him impatient ?
18 And if it was her he was lashing out at , so be it .
19 She shied away from architectural accuracy — she could have a gingerbread house if it was her ideal .
20 If it was her destiny to suffer in life , well , she 'd had enough practice , had n't she ?
21 Why was he making it seem as if it was her fault , her choice ?
22 Ellie was n't at all sure what a peignoir was , but if it was what the woman was wearing , no she most certainly had not .
23 On the shelves there were fish swimming in the air as if it was their natural habitat .
24 ‘ — as if it was their natural habitat .
25 In 1982 , he sacked on the spot several high-ranking officials for failing to maintain an adequate food supply to the main market in Bucharest — as if it was their fault that there was nothing to show the General-Secretary when he put in a surprise inspection visit .
26 What if it was their duty to hope ?
27 I would say it 's a pretty poor effort — at least , if it was their intention to burn the place down . ’
28 Patients were counted as having chosen oxygen only if it was their choice on both occasions .
29 If anybody in Milton Keynes can imagine how they 'd feel if it was their parents or grandparents .
30 Peter says : ‘ I would like them to think if it was their brother , if it was them that had to sit there and watch their brother die in their arms , see how they would feel .
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