Example sentences of "if [pron] be [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a human observer sets out to interpret the " emotions " of a rat what else can he do except say of himself : " Now if I were that rat , how should I feel ? " |
| 2 | You are treating me as if I were another Rosette Fournier . ’ |
| 3 | If I were ten years younger , my girl , I should come and carry you away myself . ’ |
| 4 | If I were growing potatoes , like most sensible gardeners I 'd let them grow . |
| 5 | I 'm not going to bring the whole world down on us by telling my mother and father that I feel like a big spancelled goat going to college and having to come back here every night as if I were some kind of simpleton . |
| 6 | as if I were some Arab with five gold watches up his arm . ’ |
| 7 | If I was one millionth part of an angel there would be a miracle . |
| 8 | I should have been allowed in if I was five minutes late . |
| 9 | — Mind , if I was fifty years younger I 'd be after him myself ! — A right charmer and no mistake ! ’ |
| 10 | I said to him , if I was fifty years younger . |
| 11 | Richard and I thought you had settled so nicely ’ — as if I was some sort of jelly — and then , ‘ Well , if you really want to , I suppose it would be nice for you to earn a little pin money . ’ |
| 12 | Three figures , their faces muffled by cloaks and broad-brimmed hats , seized me and began to beat me as if I was some dog . |
| 13 | If I was 12 years old I 'd be squealing in the stalls as well . |
| 14 | " If I was full time , I 'd be taking home £40 a week , " said a Sheffield hotel worker who is also a single parent . |
| 15 | It was as if I was another man . |
| 16 | Well if I 'm two days away from your , what do you think ? |
| 17 | I do n't want to be treated as if I 'm three years old and backward at that ! |
| 18 | About period ten and correct me if I 'm wrong Andrew I was told it would be about a thousand , roughly a thousand pounds per fee earning employee . |
| 19 | yes , it also er imposes on me the obligation of course erm under G of article three does n't it ? which I imagine , but you can tell me if I 'm wrong Mr is the one , is probably the one article erm , part of the article under which such things is the insurance directive is er produced , but I maybe wrong |
| 20 | And the Gunners ' record signing , pilloried for his moment of madness in the battle of White Hart Lane a week ago , said : ‘ People in the street are going to look at me as if I 'm some kind of nutcase trying to put people out of the game . ’ |
| 21 | She thought : I feel as if I 'm some kind of cake . |
| 22 | ‘ You 're asking me if I 'm some sort of embittered , wounded animal , who only wants to reach out and break things because he ca n't be happy or possess them ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ If she 's two lengths up entering the home straight she should win , ’ said John who considers Name Crisis the danger . |
| 24 | ‘ I sometimes wonder if she 's any senses to come to . ’ |
| 25 | Oh by the way , I do n't think she 'll ever go out with you if she 's any taste at all . |
| 26 | I 've spoken to right er and owes me a few favours and I 've said er would you consider her completing her training until the end of May middle of May which she does at the and then if she 's any good , take her on , providing she gets a driving licence . |
| 27 | I AM pleased Charles Bronson is marrying new love Kim Weeks even if she is 40 years his junior . |
| 28 | She 's finally abandoned any fantasies that if she were five foot two and blonde , life as an actress might be easier . |
| 29 | Benny felt as if she were eight years of age again , instead of almost eighteen . |
| 30 | Settling back against the pillows , he drew her against him and , holding her as if she were egg-shell china , cradled her head on his chest . |