Example sentences of "if [pers pn] [be] [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I were to ask you for your address , what would you do ? |
| 2 | I mean , all I use I mean , if I was making them for somebody I would use about four or five layers and then I would put a piece of lace of braid or something at the top |
| 3 | It 's as if I 'm repaying him for looking after me at school . |
| 4 | If I 'm punishing myself for my religious beliefs , I 've damn well got a right to punish you too . |
| 5 | The expletive sounded strange to the sergeant on Blanche 's lips , as if she were hearing it for the first time . |
| 6 | She made it sound as if she were saying it for the first time . |
| 7 | The last thing in the world she had thought of becoming was a parson 's wife , and if she were to consider it for any length of time she would refuse through lack of courage . |
| 8 | The boyish expression transformed the hard planes of his face and she stared at him as if she was seeing him for the first time . |
| 9 | Try looking at people , objects and places as if you are seeing them for the first time without being influenced by what you have known about them in the past . |
| 10 | For me one of the greatest gifts is the ability to look at things as if you are seeing them for the first time . |
| 11 | If it has the Zenith then , if you are leaving it for a long period , try pulling out the choke after it has stopped . |
| 12 | ‘ Often the man is the only breadwinner and without him the family has to rely on state benefits — the social security system can be horrendous if you 're using it for the first time . |
| 13 | The only trouble is with that , if you 're changing it for different albums all the time it can wear out the gears and that . |
| 14 | ‘ You sound as if you 're interviewing me for a job . ’ |
| 15 | But if you 're doing something for 7,000 , the costs will be more per person per day . |
| 16 | If you were seeing it for the first time , what impressions would you receive ? |
| 17 | If you were protecting me for my own good , she thought , I would be cross with you , but not this cross . |
| 18 | If they 're doing it for the right reasons , like the lady over there , a loving couple with a child . |
| 19 | He gave her a long , slow look as if he was seeing her for the first time . |
| 20 | Before leaving he stood for a moment at the door and let his eyes range round the room as if he were seeing it for the first time . |
| 21 | There is a certain grudging margin , to be sure , about all that Mr Eliot writes — as if he were compensating himself for his limitations by a peevish assumption of superiority . |