Example sentences of "if he [be] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Er , can I ask Wallace Mercer , if he 's still listening to the programme , if he was considered the environment in his plans for the football stadium ? |
2 | well if he 's still wandering about , no he 's decided he 's not having cake though |
3 | We are expecting him back on Monday — but if he 's only staying for three days it 's a pointless exercise . |
4 | It appears to me that if a man may lawfully , in the furtherance of business interests , do acts which will seriously injure another in his business he may also lawfully , if he is still acting in the furtherance of his business interests , offer that other to accept a sum of money as an alternative to doing the injurious acts . |
5 | If he was still living with you he would n't wash his hands of Neil , would he ? |
6 | If he was really living in the house he must be taking pains to leave no signs of his occupancy . |
7 | I wondered if he was really talking about himself , but was too angry to ask . |
8 | It would be much simpler if he were simply talking about the relationship between the legislative and the executive cos here he could say right , if the executive gets out of hand and starts acting arbitrarily and tyrannically , then the legislative acting on behalf of the people as a whole can take action as indeed parliament did during the civil wars . |
9 | It was as if he were still competing for Martha : every return to harbour became a race between his ketch and Sam 's ; every catch had to be compared for weight and quality , and every new little luxury Harry purchased for himself or his wife had to be announced that evening in the Russell alehouse as further proof of his superiority . |