Example sentences of "if he [was/were] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In such a situation while the judge may rule that the case shall proceed and be considered by the jury it would not be the duty of counsel to cross-examine the defence witnesses or address the jury if he was of the view that it would not be proper to convict . |
| 2 | Whilst , then , as the committee 's report states , ‘ it would not be the duty of counsel to cross-examine the defence witnesses or address the jury if he was of the view that it would not be proper to convict , ’ he would be free to do so if the prosecution view changed , perhaps after hearing the defendant 's evidence . |
| 3 | In Ashbridge Investments Ltd. v. Minister of Housing and Local Governments the Minister had power to modify a clearance order if he was of the opinion that land should not have been included in it . |
| 4 | However , reading his piece ( Market Place , July 112 ) I wonder if he was at the same Royal Show as I was . |
| 5 | They had enquired if he was at the pottery and been told that he was not . |
| 6 | If he was at the County ground a penalty probably would n't have been given , but there was no arguing about Andy Hinchcliffe 's finishing . |
| 7 | His dad was Mickey who keeps goal for Colchester United , I do n't know if he was at the match , but he was , er had a very good game . |
| 8 | The government will seek to extradite him if he was outside the country , Mr Coetsee said . |
| 9 | Perfectly possible , if he was on the spot . |
| 10 | It was as if he was on the other side of a river that no one knew how to cross . |
| 11 | The young man belched and blinked his eyes as if he was on the point of falling asleep . |
| 12 | After tea , if he was in the mood , the chiropractor would go out and shoot starlings in his garden , because they had been introduced from Europe . |
| 13 | Roy was standing in the doorway , staring at the kitchen as if he was in the wrong house . |
| 14 | I could n't do anything if he was in the room . |
| 15 | Swaefheard first emerges in the circle of Oswine , witnessing Oswine 's grant to St Augustine 's in 689 and that to Abbess Aebbe in January 690 , but if he was in the second year of his reign by March 690 ( CS 42 : S 10 ) he must have succeeded before March 689 . |
| 16 | Still sitting as if he was in the saddle , the Corporal loosed off a defiant burst , then swung over and down to us . |
| 17 | Besides , the last thing she wanted was to come face to face with Rune again , especially if he was in the arms of a reconciled Lotta ! |
| 18 | There was a deep crease between his nose and the corners of his mouth , as if he was in the habit of sneering . |
| 19 | I mean that 's a , a thing that er I remember seeing a TV documentary and there was this bloke , I du n no if he was from the Terence Higgins Trust , I do n't think so , but erm er anyway he was going on about this , this very thing that there 's often the homophobic imagination er has this sort of slippage between you know , consenting adult activity and if you 're gay , if you 're homosexual then this probably means that you 're also interested in seducing children , you 're also interested in sado-masochistic activity er you 're also interested in , you know , a whole variety of other , you know , things which |
| 20 | When in the course of my explanation I mentioned the word pagan , he jerked as if he were on the end of a wire . |
| 21 | He was a thin , brown man with a brass stud at the neck of his striped shirt and a sad expression as if he were on the point of tears . |
| 22 | He was indifferent to the house , indeed almost disliked the grander parts of it , preferring the fire in the hall where he could drink his dram in company with his dogs as if he were by the croft hearth of his childhood . |
| 23 | Then there was Whistler , who strode doggedly on in a frayed tweed overcoat , summer and winter , always with his head down as if he were in the teeth of a gale , shrilly whistling — in perfect tune — a repertoire which extended from old music hall to Elgar . |
| 24 | Jo contemplates the great cross on its summit , ‘ the crowning confusion of the great , confused city ; — so golden , so high up , so far out of reach ’ , BH 19 ; its picture , ‘ with a pink dome ’ , on the lid of Peggotty 's work-box , DC 2 ; David and Peggotty visit it , DC 33 ; its ‘ deep bell ’ , DC 47 ; Master Humphrey inspects the cathedral clock , ‘ the great Heart of London ’ , MHC 6 ; John Browdie marvels at the building 's size , NN 39 ; statues of the apostles on its exterior , NN 45 ; Oliver in Fagin 's den as lonely as if he were in the ball on top of the cathedral , OT 18 . |
| 25 | If he were in the very act of cutting his own throat , how could Harry have stopped him ? |
| 26 | She called Alexandra ‘ Charlotte ’ and spoke of far off things , but of Richard even more often , usually as if he were in the room with her . |
| 27 | Moments later her father answered the call , his voice coming as clearly as if he were in the same room , and even loudly enough for Silas to hear it . |