Example sentences of "if [pers pn] be [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I wonder if I am at the right do and half-expect two boxers to make an appearance .
2 If I am in the mood , fine .
3 you see I 've got one in the front room and I had this one put in so then I say if I am in the kitchen , I say , I lift up the receiver , hello , and hear who it is and then I , I say hang on while I get round the chair and then you see I sit on the arm of this chair and talk because er it 's difficult to stand too long
4 If I am in the habit of greeting my neighbour or a regular passer-by in the morning , I must not omit to do so , or I shall cause immediate pain and offence .
5 The earth curved up and around me wherever I went , as if I were at the bottom of a dish , and no matter how far I travelled I could get no nearer the rim — like a spaceman hurtling , as he thinks , towards the edge of the universe , only to find it unfolding before him and closing in behind , so that he is always at the centre .
6 If I were on the pay side in the Treasury , I would be prepared to permit maximum flexibility on the salary and conditions offered to the successful applicant .
7 ‘ It may seem so to you , but you can take my word for it , if I were in the business of prowling around car parks looking for innocent Bentleys to wreck , I most certainly would n't use my own car as a battering-ram .
8 I felt as if I was at the end of a long tunnel where someone was kicking my legs .
9 ‘ But several days later he came straight out with it and asked me if I was on the Pill and would I go on holiday to Scotland with him .
10 If I was on the streets of Ireland now , and I 've been there many occasions and someone said to me , look at that Welsh get there , I would just have to take it .
11 Anyone in the city who knew me also knew that I could be found there , at some time every night , if I was on the planet .
12 If I was on the tiger 's side — running the other mob — I 'd be in no hurry to pounce .
13 ‘ I just thought Britain was getting like a treadmill , and that if I was on the spot in the States I 'd be able to chivvy them around a bit more .
14 Looking through her work you ca n't help but be impressed by the quality and her attention to detail — and I did just wonder if I was in the presence of someone who is going to be hailed the greatest canine painter of her era .
15 But with Son being here , talking about it once in a while when she gets a bit down , and do n't we all — well , I feel like it all happened last week , and what 's more as if I was in the middle of it .
16 But then I would read it , so if I was in the theatre I would read that so I would know that
17 unless unless , unless if I was in the detective office on my own and there was a decent job reported , I went straight out on it .
18 Which I would find very trying if I was in the D S S quite honestly .
19 If I was in the river , ’ he said reasonably , ‘ what am I doing here now ? ’
20 And the thing is with my kids , if I was in the car on my own I could imagine chatting away
21 Apparently even if I was within the time limit of twenty-eight weeks ' pregnancy — which of course I 'm not — I could n't possibly stand an eight-hour flight ; I 've got a touch of toxaemia — ’
22 My eyes then focus directly between the top of the windscreen and the roof , and if I 'm at the front at traffic lights , I feel like Ayrton Senna would if you blindfolded him and put him on pole position .
23 I feel as if I 'm at the earth 's heart .
24 If I 'm on the earlies , right ?
25 * So I 've been a bad boy at times but they reckon I ca n't walk out on a job if I 'm in the Jungle and Matt 's temperamental which means he does n't normally work unless they give him a hamper full of white powder but he seems to have kicked it and there are n't too many dealers swinging through the trees like Tarzan out here .
26 I I often , well , usually , if I 'm in the country at the time I bet on the National just for a , for a to sort of waste some money .
27 Why are n't I number one ? ’ , adding , ‘ If I 'm in the game , I want to be the best . ’
28 ‘ Well , if 'e was in the area it 's a foregone conclusion 'e 'd pop in .
29 well no cos mum was doing the ironing and how do I get it out if she 's with the ironing ?
30 or if she 's on the phone .
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