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 . |