Example sentences of "if [pron] be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As in all ex-Soviet passenger aircraft , the seat backs are designed to flop forward and lie horizontal if no-one is sitting on them . |
| 2 | Tape back-up units , because if everyone is working on the same set of master files you ca n't afford to lose them |
| 3 | A word of caution is required because if everyone is working on a sub-problem then it becomes difficult to tackle the whole problem in a novel way . |
| 4 | If we look only at the output we may not learn anything , because if everyone is putting in the right amount of effort the system may still work in the same way as the arrow in the drawing does eventually find its way in the right direction . |
| 5 | er , Can I enter a plea for tolerance , if in a democracy it 's very easy to get steamed up about things you do n't like , things you find disgusting and revolting but if everyone is going to come forward , have banned the activity they do n't like then we 're going to live , it may be a democracy , but it 's going to be a narrowed , er and intolerant society in which we live . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's as if everyone is waiting for something , is n't it ? ’ |
| 7 | " Stop talking " can be seen as plain common sense if everyone is talking at once , but if it comes from an over-talkative mother with a shy child it can have serious consequences on the child 's character . |
| 8 | We looked so thin on the ground , I thought we 'd sit and wait and see if everyone 's coming , but erm we 'll have to get started anyway . |
| 9 | Yeah , but it 'll be nice to though if everyone 's going . |
| 10 | Yeah er attractive , anyway what was I saying , I was talking to her and she said that she 'd had a talk with Foxy and Foxy had said excuse me , and I just felt I just felt so paranoid because she was saying , talking about all the , how he 'd never been faithful to anyone and how , and I really did feel , would n't you feel awful if everyone was saying oh Sal , yeah , Sal , Sal 's making a real effort but but no she said |
| 11 | It seemed as if everyone was going to conform to this funeral except him . |
| 12 | Its smartly dressed citizens go about their business as if nothing was happening . |
| 13 | I filled it up and I was walking out the door as if nothing was happening and got arrested . |
| 14 | He was down and sometimes it seemed as if nothing was going to shake him out of it , apart from a laugh at someone else 's expense or a shared moment of despair . |
| 15 | So if yours is looking poorly , hack it out and replace it . |
| 16 | CAN I REFER TO ACET EVEN IF I AM USING OTHER SERVICES ? |
| 17 | If I am looking directly at a stick insect , 8 inches in front of my nose and in strong daylight , I shall not be fooled by it . |
| 18 | I feel as if I am watching something happen to someone else . ’ |
| 19 | My rules are to cut down drinking , control my temper if I am drinking , not to drink in a such a large group and not to waste much money . |
| 20 | But if I am competing , on or off the track , I want to win . |
| 21 | If I am ferreting single-handedly there is no need for any other digging implement . |
| 22 | He might be my best friend but he will treat me the same as any other player and will only pick me for a Test if I am bowling well . |
| 23 | I will not say that much of this debate has been irrelevant , because that sounds as if I am dismissing what has been said , which I am not , but it is irrelevant in the context of 1993 , because the advent of the new system will answer many of the problems that have been identified . |
| 24 | ‘ Do I look as if I am joking , Miss Bishop ? ’ |
| 25 | Does it sound as if I am striving to avoid saying that the music is boring ? |
| 26 | ‘ If I am wearing a pure white carnation I am best avoided on that day because it means I am in a bad mood , ’ he said , adding that he always warns new acquaintances of this fact but has as yet not lived up to the threat . |
| 27 | If I am writing on this side of the paper I can not at the same moment be writing on the other side . |
| 28 | But , alas , madam , I do not in the present know what it is you are asking if I am seeing . ’ |
| 29 | But Calatin 's banqueting hall and the house in the forest had wavered and grown dim — ‘ as if I am seeing it through water , ’ thought Fergus — and there had been a great heaviness within him so that it was difficult to breathe . |
| 30 | I find this useful if I am knitting ribs on one machine and then moving the stitches to a single bed machine for the patterned part . |