Example sentences of "if [pers pn] be [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he has realised that he had nothing to lose even if I am spying for Carlotta . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | If I were looking for a record deal , I would be pursuing individual A&R people , getting them to come and see my band . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | You imagine that if I were to catalogue for you the incidents of my life , and tell you all my memories , you would come to know me better . |
| 8 | And occasionally if I was looking for a magazine to buy , it would get a lot of i good information in it too . |
| 9 | At £12,260 the Aura TD is not particularly cheap but it would certainly be near the top of my shopping list if I was looking for a medium-sized diesel hatchback . |
| 10 | Yes , well up here in Scotland er where I live erm the maincrop variety Golden Wonder tends to certainly need a par boiling and a par boiling only er when cooking so it needs about what five to six minutes or something like that but erm any more and the tatties go to mash and er that 's why I think a lot of the Golden Wonders er in Scotland are cooked in their skins but erm if I was to go for a variety that er I enjoy would be one called Pentland Ivory , it 's a , a nice flowery spud er and you get quite a plentiful supply of them too so it 's quite a good variety but you know the old Kerr 's Pink used to be called I think Henry 's Seedling , I remember rightly and then it changed its name to Kerr 's Pink because Kerr was a seedsman up in who really introduced it and er that was just after the first world war and that 's a good one , that 's a very good one and it 's got that waxy skin as well you see so it might be quite useful . |
| 11 | He said that it was like taking dictation , ‘ as if I was ghosting for another man ’ . |
| 12 | If I was charged for all that I get , I know it would cost too much for me to pay . |
| 13 | ‘ I have no rational explanation for this but doubt I would derive that same feeling if I was playing for Japan . |
| 14 | ‘ Finnan asked me if I was spoken for by you . ’ |
| 15 | If I 'm looking for anything I prefer to shop in , but if I 'm just browsing I do n't mind going like out of the town , down to or up to for a day but , if I 'm looking for something particular I prefer to stay in cos I know where to go . |
| 16 | If I 'm looking for anything I prefer to shop in , but if I 'm just browsing I do n't mind going like out of the town , down to or up to for a day but , if I 'm looking for something particular I prefer to stay in cos I know where to go . |
| 17 | Not if I 'm paying for it ! |
| 18 | If I 'm shooting for stock , I can get lots of shots of a rapidly changing situation . |
| 19 | Well she copes because she had the same problem as me with her hands if she 's writing for long , her hands ache , so she can write a longer letter if she types , so I said I , I did n't really , I like a hand written letter best it seems more personal somehow , perhaps they do , having a typed letter means you can send a longer one , they all mean |
| 20 | If she 's crying for some other reason like because we 've been quarrelling and she wants to make up but does n't know how to I just put my arms round her and cuddle her and let her cry it out . |
| 21 | Clarke equalled the United Kingdom junior women 's record of 2.95 metres , and must now wait anxiously to see if she is selected for the junior international match against Hungary later this month . |
| 22 | If she is arrested for anything , however trivial , during that time , she is likely to have to serve two years in prison plus whatever sentence her new offence would attract . |
| 23 | She twisted in the seat to peer at every building , her eyes seeking the upper windows above shops rather than the goods on display , as if she were looking for someone . |
| 24 | But at the sight of Bob 's expression she got up , blushing again , and walked about the room as if she were looking for something . |
| 25 | But there was more than that — it was almost as if she were looking for something . |
| 26 | He handed her the file , watching her flick through it quickly , again as if she were looking for something specific . |
| 27 | But if she were to look for ever and a day , she would not find it . |
| 28 | Lilac gloves , half-boots made of kid — she looked , as she sat rather apprehensively in the country inn parlour , as if she were waiting for Mr Gainsborough . |
| 29 | Lee felt as if she were fighting for her life . |
| 30 | He glared at her again , as if she were to blame for everything , and Robyn felt herself tremble beneath his icy gaze . |