Example sentences of "if [pron] be be " in BNC.
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| 1 | He smiles as he recalls a TD asking in the Dail if nothing was being done ‘ to suppress this Republican paper ’ . |
| 2 | When I think of getting married and all that means I get this feeling as if I am being physically choked . |
| 3 | I am bound to say that his personality and his voice with his Glasgow accent were a little disconcerting at first ( I felt rather as if I were being addressed by my highly educated carpenter ) , but he inspired me with such confidence as he went on that I forgot that , and of course one has to recognise that a new era in political life has dawned for England , the old aristocratic school is practically swept out of it , it is the dawn of the new " regime " . |
| 4 | I went away wondering if I was being a fool . |
| 5 | My giddiness had gone and I felt happy and relaxed , as if I was being carried along on a slow , peaceful current . |
| 6 | Earlier I had felt as if I was being torn in two , but now the decision was made , I was floating on a warm tide of physical ease , as if I had just given birth . |
| 7 | He gave me such a look , as if I was being really disgusting . |
| 8 | Groaning a little , as if I was being terribly brave . |
| 9 | Yes , as if I was being assessed for a place , a level , a grading here . |
| 10 | I said , wondering if I was being told to make A. Ng a scarce commodity . |
| 11 | He grabs my wrist as if I was being arrested for shoplifting . |
| 12 | If I was being cynical I 'd volunteer Mark 's car to get people to and from the town . |
| 13 | There 's been quite a lot of comment in the press erm , on high levels of , of salary of , of remu remuneration for directors and I think it might be helpful er , if I was were t were , were to make some general remarks on the background er , of how we er , approach directors ' remuneration . |
| 14 | I know I 'm shouting , but I do n't care if I 'm being naughty . |
| 15 | I know it sounds as if I 'm being clever , but I felt then we 'd won . |
| 16 | ‘ They take longer to work and they 're no use if I 'm being sick , so I still have to carry my autoinjector , ’ she says . |
| 17 | So com wi th but we 've agreed , I 'm sorry if I 'm being repetitive and boring and the rest of it but comment , there would be a staff comment , how you use the rest of the space , assume there 's a double space is now left with you given the guidelines are issued . |
| 18 | Excuse me , he thought , addressing himself to her , excuse me if I 'm being personal , but when was your last laugh ? |
| 19 | If I 'm being buttered up , I want it lathered on lavishly . |
| 20 | I I just appealing for MPs and I know you have the radio on just to see if I 'm being rude about you , and of course I never am because I 'm a I 'm a nice person . |
| 21 | well I 'll switch off if I 'm being something rather good , so do n't I feel a bit sorry for those goldfish . |
| 22 | as if someone was being hurt , badly . |
| 23 | Mrs Padmore 's way , if she is being consistent , of representing a notable silence on the tape . |
| 24 | Overworked and depressed , she felt as if she were being turned into a glamorous business machine . |
| 25 | What harm would come if she were being fooled for a change ? |
| 26 | After half an hour or so , the two of them restored their employer to her feet , and they set off again , Miss Fergusson leaning on the guide 's arm with a strange nonchalance , as if she were being conducted round a cathedral or a zoological garden . |
| 27 | as if she were being asked to walk across a sheet of ice , and with every step her confidence was faltering . |
| 28 | Those had been her words , and if she was being exact , they would mean that he had seen the icebound vessel from the air , exactly as Sunderby had seen it . |
| 29 | ‘ Said she was anxious to see the lad settled and she was sorry if she was being a bore . ’ |
| 30 | So it was n't as if she was being maltreated . ’ |