Example sentences of "if it [was/were] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Francis was delighted at landing Bright — even if it was at the third time of asking . |
| 2 | Then she lay back on her pillow and they looked at each other as if it was for the first time . |
| 3 | Well no I thought we agreed that if it was in the southern boundaries , the locations it does n't matter what were |
| 4 | However he just put in a test dose to see if it was in the right place . |
| 5 | And , by the way , he did have this job in Italy , but if it was in the slightest degree inconvenient to join them in the villa , he 'd book into a cheap little pensione by the railway station in Siena . |
| 6 | Maui was a little better — at least the interior decorator finished , even if it was in the worst possible taste , but the Seychelles took the cake. ! . ’ |
| 7 | If it was in the Near and Middle East the stories generally centred round what would happen to you if you were ever caught by the Bedouin — or the Bedou , as the old sweats termed the colourful Arab in the desert . |
| 8 | If it were on the very fringe of his area he might not be back until lunch-time . |
| 9 | For example , if at P the parcel had no motion in the east-west direction across the planet 's surface and the planet 's axial rotation is prograde then it will pick up motion across the grid towards the east , and in moving northwards will end up for example at Q. If it were in the southern hemisphere and moved southward it would also pick up an eastwards movement . |