Example sentences of "if [pron] be [adv] for [art] " in BNC.

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1 Obviously you should check with the receptionist or whoever is organizing the candidates that you are not going to miss your turn if you are out for a while .
2 If you 're up for a ‘ tart ’ part you must be prepared to present a flavour of the role as you see it .
3 If you 're away for a night …
4 If you 're there for a week , you could comfortably play the two groups we recommend for their value , hospitality and enjoy some agreeable accommodation .
5 ‘ It looks as if you 're in for a busy morning .
6 You were as cool as if you were out for a stroll , ’ Moran said .
7 Whenever we 're out together they wo n't go near a food shop , even if we 're out for the whole day .
8 ‘ Looks as if we 're in for a storm . ’
9 If it is not for the full amount of the debt , why is n't it ?
10 I would rather see people that are going to start work , even if it is only for a year , at the same time where they are working that year that somebody take an interest in what 's going to happen to them at the end of that year .
11 ‘ But understand , from my side , that I 'd like to see her once a fortnight , if it 's just for an hour , and that whatever holidays the other bairns have , she 's got to have the same .
12 Even if it 's only for a few days both you and your baby will benefit .
13 Always close and lock all doors and windows when you leave your caravan — even if it 's only for a few minutes .
14 To protect your bike , always lock it every time you leave it , even if it 's only for a few minutes .
15 Er making yourself feel good even if it 's only for a short time .
16 You must get away , even if it 's only for a couple of days .
17 ‘ Even if it 's only for a couple of hours , I have to go to bed . ’
18 So I said if it 's only for a mile it 's going to be well less than a minute at eighty , presuming you were doing more than thereabouts and er that was it .
19 See even if it 's only for the three days
20 If it was n't for a bit of aggression , he would n't be where he is now .
21 If it was n't for the drink , I might n't have told you .
22 I 'm sure if it was n't for the explosions close at hand he would have dropped off to sleep .
23 Yea , drinking 's always got me into trouble in the past , I mean now I 've thought about it , I 've thought what a stupid idiot I 'd be , so you know if it was n't for the course , then I probably would have gone and done it again , you know , without a second thought .
24 My theory is that living in Lincolnshire most roads consist of hundred yard straights followed by a 90° bend to the right then another hundred yard straight and a 90° bend to the left — just to go round somebody 's field — in fact if it was n't for the drainage ditches you could travel in straight lines — assuming you have a Land Rover that is .
25 People would have lived happily if it was n't for the troubles instigated by the government and the Jewish Agency . ’
26 ‘ Besides , if it was n't for the cuts , I 'd have had a permanent job by now .
27 Say what you like about the Ryder Cup and The Belfry , if it was n't for the 9th , 10th and 18th holes , it would be as average as it looks .
28 In a nasty , but highly entertaining tirade , one of the more perceptive remarks was that if it was n't for The Wedding Present , Ukrainian music would be confined solely to Blue Peter specials ; surely one of the main reasons the band did it in the first place .
29 Well it would be if it was n't for the tricky traps , perplexing puzzles , tantalising time limit and crafty creatures with an appetite for raw Rufus !
30 If it was n't for the evil shadow of this wicked body , we could all be a lot happier about Major 's slim majority .
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