Example sentences of "if [pron] be the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If yours is the first winning entry out of the hat then we 'll be in touch right away . |
| 2 | The big spender asks if I am the new man . |
| 3 | ‘ It looks ’ , said the judge who was plainly captivated by the actress , ‘ as if I am the only one who would like to see Miss Collier again . ’ |
| 4 | I am always and everywhere his place ; if I am the barren land he thinks to water into an oasis I am also the blight on his crops and the locust destroying grain ; I am both the ruined harvest and the shameful blood that sickens cattle . |
| 5 | as if I were the current — |
| 6 | ‘ If I were the spluttering type , which I 'm not , this would be a sure fire-starter . ’ |
| 7 | She rushed away before anyone could stop her , rushed too quickly to hear Carlo say , I do n't know , I think if I were the beautiful Katherine 's mother , I might suffer the occasional twinge of jealousy . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ If I was the best second row forward in England I 'd hope to get into the side , but that 's not the case at the moment , ’ he said . |
| 9 | When he finished reading , he began to sing his favourite song , If You Were The Only Girl In The World And I Was The Only Boy , except he turned the words round — for a laugh , he always said — and sang : ‘ If I was the only girl in the world and you were the only boy … . ’ |
| 10 | I do n't know if I was the only one that did n't receive the check list ? |
| 11 | If I was the chief rozzer on this case , I 'd have some questions to put to Theo , I can tell you ! ’ |
| 12 | I strolled amongst the boxwood as if I was the keenest of gardeners , taking special interest in the herb banks , the ever-green boxwood , and the multi-coloured flowers where hungry bees searched for honey . |
| 13 | ‘ Would n't it be funny if I was the next Lady Mellor ? ’ she giggled to a friend in the heat of her affair with the Cabinet Casanova . |
| 14 | I closed my eyes and spurred my horse forward , my huge sword rising and falling as if I was the Grim Reaper himself . |
| 15 | Her voice tight with the renewed surge of dislike she felt for him , Lisa demanded , ‘ So , if I 'm the prime suspect , what are you doing here ? |
| 16 | If theirs was the same college attended by Clare Mallender , that might be explained by Dysart recommending it to her at her father 's request . |
| 17 | ‘ And then — this evening , when everyone was so upset … you only thought of her … you went off after her as if she were the only person that mattered to you … |
| 18 | Sensing his wife 's difficulty , Philip suggested she revert to his mother 's custom and order the meals through Lily , as if she were the departed housekeeper . |
| 19 | If she were the last lassie in the world I couldny |
| 20 | Surely , if she was the caring person she makes out , she would insist on paying her dues . |
| 21 | She felt as if she was the only person awake in the world . |
| 22 | Equity treats her as if she was the unmarried owner of it ; it lets her dispose of it as she pleases in her lifetime , it lets her leave it by will , it even lets her make contracts which can be enforced against it , and against it only . |
| 23 | She asked me if any of my other friends knew , which they did n't , and she encouraged me to tell them , saying that if she was the last one in the circle then all the others should know . |
| 24 | If she was the last woman on the face of the earth I would n't fuck her ! ’ |
| 25 | there , here , here they , they , a lot of them say , I do n't know if you are the odd one out I mean there are |
| 26 | So , if you are the other side of the horizon , away from the VOR transmitter , you could be below the transmission and not receive any signals . |
| 27 | ‘ When he talks to you he makes you feel as if you are the only person in the entire world , ’ said one woman who met him on the campaign trail . |
| 28 | Alternatively , if you expect to be in a high earning bracket , you might consider setting up a limited company , even if you are the only salaried employee , rather than launching the same business as a self-employed individual . |
| 29 | ‘ Where the waiters pounce on you like hawks , like desperate whores , as if you are the only girl in the world . |
| 30 | Most advertising applies a lot of peer group pressure : if you are the successful executive you 're trying to be , you must fly British Airways rather than the red-eye . |