Example sentences of "if [pron] [be] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As in all ex-Soviet passenger aircraft , the seat backs are designed to flop forward and lie horizontal if no-one is sitting on them . |
| 2 | Tape back-up units , because if everyone is working on the same set of master files you ca n't afford to lose them |
| 3 | A word of caution is required because if everyone is working on a sub-problem then it becomes difficult to tackle the whole problem in a novel way . |
| 4 | If we look only at the output we may not learn anything , because if everyone is putting in the right amount of effort the system may still work in the same way as the arrow in the drawing does eventually find its way in the right direction . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's as if everyone is waiting for something , is n't it ? ’ |
| 6 | " Stop talking " can be seen as plain common sense if everyone is talking at once , but if it comes from an over-talkative mother with a shy child it can have serious consequences on the child 's character . |
| 7 | If I am writing on this side of the paper I can not at the same moment be writing on the other side . |
| 8 | ‘ If I am struggling around the 15 miles mark then my determination will be just to finish , but it is my ambition to break 2hr 25min . ’ |
| 9 | I get to the border , and I am questioned for hours , endless interrogation , and if I am travelling in a car , they open it up and they search it . |
| 10 | Neighbours and friends tell me that when I am racing you can hear the noise right down the street ; it is as if I am running in Dad 's front room ! |
| 11 | I thought if I am going to be out of work , I might as well make some cash out of it . |
| 12 | I should be feeling disloyal to Fergus , I should certainly be wondering if what I am doing is right , and if I am going to be hurt . |
| 13 | But I could tell there was no real wish on her part to renew any old ties of love and friendship and if I am going to be honest no real wish on my part either . |
| 14 | And he has realised that he had nothing to lose even if I am spying for Carlotta . |
| 15 | If I am working on pupil autonomy , then I have to find some way to remind pupils that it often helps to talk out loud to someone , and to establish an atmosphere in which they readily approach each other and me for this purpose . |
| 16 | Then why do I always feel as if I am falling off the edge of a cliff ? |
| 17 | When I returned to Moose Jaw about mid-August I had a long talk with Fred Workman , who told me he had noticed a certain restlessness in me as if I were hoping for a change of scene . |
| 18 | If I were looking for a record deal , I would be pursuing individual A&R people , getting them to come and see my band . |
| 19 | If I were looking for a fault with the conception of the series , it could only be that it lacks a single volume overview of the whole of the development of quantum theory , a volume concentrating on the broad sweep of ideas and leaving out the mathematical detail . |
| 20 | I felt as if I were drowning in sleep . |
| 21 | Running in a half-mile race with little pains tearing at my chest and my knees sinking lower and lower as if I were running across quick-sands . |
| 22 | As Anwar and I had these conversations Jamila liked to open the door to the store-room and just point the black barrel-ends of her eyes at me as if I were sitting with Eichmann . |
| 23 | Terry er sorry Roger if , if I were interviewing for posts , I would appoint , and you know full well I would , the people that I thought were best for that job . |
| 24 | So Shitvolumes started preparing his next show as if I were going to be in it , until one day , just before The Jungle Book was about to go up , he came into the dressing room . |
| 25 | My heart was behaving as if I were going before a judge . |
| 26 | If I 'd a , if I were walking down the street going Nigger ! sorry ! |
| 27 | I 'm about to invest in a brand new , superduper , anti-obsolescence computer and I feel as confident as if I were shopping for a pair of skis . |
| 28 | I dropped my right wing suddenly as if I were turning into the cloud and immediately swung over into a steep left hand turn . |
| 29 | ‘ I would n't ask him for a drink of water if I were dying of thirst . |
| 30 | Yes , I should know if I were falling in love , she thought . |