Example sentences of "if [pron] be [adv] to " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | If everyone was now to be buried in flannel then what profit could be gained in having ready-made shrouds in stock in a multitude of patterns and sizes and available on demand ! |
| 2 | One irate caller promised : ‘ If I was down to my last spoonful of petrol , with a hundred miles still to go , I 'd drive past an Elf station . ’ |
| 3 | This was absolutely vital if I was ever to ‘ fly ’ her , because it would be the lure of food on my fist that made her come back to me . |
| 4 | But I told myself that if I was ever to be truly frightened , I should have known it before then . |
| 5 | Well , for one thing , he did n't know about it and I had made a conscious decision that if I was ever to be ( he nearly says ’ become someone ’ ) . |
| 6 | ‘ Why I was bedding you if I was about to be married to someone else ? ’ he asked softly . |
| 7 | We might as well have lunch , if I 'm up to it . |
| 8 | ‘ If I 'm not to be allowed Mozart , why not somebody with an appropriate gloom quotient like Mahler ? |
| 9 | I do n't know if there 's anything on tomorrow Maybe we ought to go this evening if she 's there to work . |
| 10 | At such times a child is required to have a very strong grip on the nature of the ‘ game ’ if she is not to be deceived — or the teacher wisely keeps coming out of role in order to establish the difference for the child . |
| 11 | The picture he had painted was so vivid that once again she felt as if she were about to be sick . |
| 12 | A quarto is likely to need all of twelve inches , a folio correspondingly more , if you are not to be reduced to laying it on its side . |
| 13 | If you are not to be the owner of the module , the user name can be changed . |
| 14 | If you are not to be the owner of the module , the user name can be changed . |
| 15 | These moves would not disgrace a HVS climb were it not for the fact that two sets of in situ threads protect them perfectly : a good testing ground to see if you are up to greater things . |
| 16 | ‘ If you 're up to it . ’ |
| 17 | Just see to the most urgent of the letters if you 're up to it . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I 've got some questions for you if you 're up to them . ’ |
| 19 | no , all I want you to do if you 're up to it , is get me cooker hood thing off , so I can clean it , it 's not been cleaned since before Christmas |
| 20 | ‘ If you 're away to glory in some sort of wilderness I suppose I have n't much option — but I must say that this is mighty strange — ’ |
| 21 | You 'll soon begin to feel like a million dollars even if you 're down to your last cent . |
| 22 | Yes I 'm glad in a way , I suppose , though I 'll still never see you if you 're off to the provinces to entertain the troops , damn their eyes . |
| 23 | Let's hope for a butterflyfilled summer this year , and if you 're off to a country wedding , may it be as joyful an occasion as the Sarns ' feast . |
| 24 | If you 're off to the Cov game , look out for us in 's Porsche . |
| 25 | Of course , it 's Bonfire Night , so if you 're off to a display or just having a few sparklers at home , have a great evening . |
| 26 | This problem is only because you 're doing them retrospectively , if you were up to date you would n't have a problem at all would you ? |
| 27 | If you were n't to be turned into a zombie , a walking automaton , in the absence of other night-people , incidents had to be manufactured . |
| 28 | Erm it does n't give you a headache it helps to maybe cure a headache , and it 's just nice smelling and I think if you were just to even with your partners or with friends even just massage somebody 's hands or massage somebody 's feet if you do n't make them scream while you 're doing it . |
| 29 | Any further questions there about er the benefits if you were actually to you know if you were to die whilst employed in reckonable service ? |
| 30 | However , if this is not taken as proven , and if everything is not to be left to the socialist revolution , the evidence about ruling-class crime suggests , if anything , an extension of the scope of correctionalist criminology rather than its rejection . |