Example sentences of "if [pers pn] be [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If , however , " appropriation " in the definition of theft is a continuing act , the accused may be convicted of robbery if thee is a force during a struggle to escape : Hale , approved in Gregory ( 1983 ) 77 Cr App R 41 ( CA ) . |
| 2 | I showed him our itinerary and he read the names aloud slowly and haltingly as if thee were the names of some distant land whose pronunciation he was unsure of . |
| 3 | If yours is a party booking you should ask your party leader for a copy . |
| 4 | If yours is the kind of garden that is attractive to hedgehogs — lots of cover , plenty of natural food and close to other good habitats — then you could well find your offer of a house taken up this winter . |
| 5 | ‘ If I am a caveman , perhaps I am influenced by these islands ’ proliferation of caves ? ’ he suggested , grinning . |
| 6 | If I am a chemist already , wanting an overview of another subject , I may not want to read three introductory chapters . |
| 7 | I look at a garden before me as if I am a camera that can throw reality out of focus and can twist and contort and blur . |
| 8 | ‘ If I am the target , though , I can be the shield so that others can carry on with their jobs . |
| 9 | For , if I am the world ’ — we were heading down again , his nails digging into my flesh , I could make out the Eastern Mediterranean — ‘ then the world must be real . |
| 10 | ‘ But must he look at me as if I am the murderer ? ’ |
| 11 | If I am an undergraduate , the two basic areas of quantum mechanics and X-ray crystallography are not covered and I wonder whether I am going to be examined on chemistry and human psychology ? |
| 12 | A result , I ca n't hear myself speaking if I are the policy and resources committee there were other they were erm er in the debate there were some very good cases brought in to it and some erm good recommendations and this is why I 'm surprised I 'm er forget now why , there were some who were er against by majority because I believe that when we look down on the decisions of the P N O , we have made some very good recommendations if I say so it says on twenty , paragraph twenty in and you people on this authority , members of this authority have been saying a a clear definition of the role of the local government now and for the next twenty years , should underpin any consideration of local authority management structures and the role of members and therefore the joint working party 's consideration begin from an inadequate base . |
| 13 | The only thing that I noticed which would annoy me if I were a glider pilot was that , engine off , the propeller does have a habit of rotating slightly . |
| 14 | Edward , tired of the rules , encouraged by something in her voice , replied : ‘ If I were a gentleman , I should not be telephoning . |
| 15 | I think if you went and saw our own doctors a lot of our fears would be allayed because most of the young doctors would n't , would recommend to you , my own doctor asked me all the questions and different things and then he says he 's a young doctor , he says if I were a women and if I 'd answered all the questions as you did , I would go on H R T. |
| 16 | ‘ What ? ’ cried Mrs Reed , her cold grey eyes full of fear , staring at me as if I were a ghost . |
| 17 | They think that I 'm just a mousy old woman , and could n't possibly know what goes on — they 've taken away all confidential work from me and Mr. Lennis treats me as if I were a half-wit . |
| 18 | You ca n't feel benevolent and sympathetic , you ca n't just want everything to be nice , as if Jack were a child , and as if I were a child . |
| 19 | She gave me all the blobs of cream on the raspberry fool , as if I were a child . |
| 20 | Look , I appreciate the use of the bathroom , but that damn well does n't give you the right to stand there with that superior look on your face , lecturing me as if I were a child . ’ |
| 21 | I 'm sick of the way you 've treated me , as if I were a child who 's misbehaved . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ You mugs would n't know how to treat me straight if I were a twelve-inch ruler . ’ |
| 23 | If I were a girl I would n't let a man go near me ! |
| 24 | I sail up the hill and along Hyde Hill Lane as if I were a balloon . |
| 25 | I would n't even want that , if I were a Capellan . |
| 26 | If I were a Capellan , I 'd have everything I want , would n't I ? |
| 27 | If I were a man I 'd tell me to get lost — and fast ! |
| 28 | ‘ If I were a man , ’ she snapped furiously , ‘ you 'd find yourself lucky to get away with a bloody nose . |
| 29 | If I were a man you would n't dare do this ! ’ |
| 30 | Even if I were a man of deep sensibility and tact — and it sounds pretty wimpish to me ! — I still needed a good night 's sleep . |