Example sentences of "if i be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | CAN I REFER TO ACET EVEN IF I AM USING OTHER SERVICES ? |
| 2 | If I am looking directly at a stick insect , 8 inches in front of my nose and in strong daylight , I shall not be fooled by it . |
| 3 | I feel as if I am watching something happen to someone else . ’ |
| 4 | My rules are to cut down drinking , control my temper if I am drinking , not to drink in a such a large group and not to waste much money . |
| 5 | But if I am competing , on or off the track , I want to win . |
| 6 | If I am ferreting single-handedly there is no need for any other digging implement . |
| 7 | He might be my best friend but he will treat me the same as any other player and will only pick me for a Test if I am bowling well . |
| 8 | I will not say that much of this debate has been irrelevant , because that sounds as if I am dismissing what has been said , which I am not , but it is irrelevant in the context of 1993 , because the advent of the new system will answer many of the problems that have been identified . |
| 9 | ‘ Do I look as if I am joking , Miss Bishop ? ’ |
| 10 | Does it sound as if I am striving to avoid saying that the music is boring ? |
| 11 | ‘ If I am wearing a pure white carnation I am best avoided on that day because it means I am in a bad mood , ’ he said , adding that he always warns new acquaintances of this fact but has as yet not lived up to the threat . |
| 12 | If I am writing on this side of the paper I can not at the same moment be writing on the other side . |
| 13 | But , alas , madam , I do not in the present know what it is you are asking if I am seeing . ’ |
| 14 | But Calatin 's banqueting hall and the house in the forest had wavered and grown dim — ‘ as if I am seeing it through water , ’ thought Fergus — and there had been a great heaviness within him so that it was difficult to breathe . |
| 15 | I find this useful if I am knitting ribs on one machine and then moving the stitches to a single bed machine for the patterned part . |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 17 | I had nearly drowned , just lost the largest trout I was ever likely to see , and she asks if I am having fun ? |
| 18 | Q What do I do if I am feeling unwell at any time ? |
| 19 | If I am attempting to guide others in their pilgrimage I too must be a traveller , perhaps further on but still travelling , seeking , discovering . |
| 20 | AFTER the recent reports of carjacking I now lock the doors if I am travelling alone or with just my children , but this makes me uneasy because of the risk of being trapped after an accident . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | And I take it erm the commission structure is just the same if I am continuing a contract on for the following year . |
| 23 | 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 ! |
| 24 | I fall through shades of black and red and wonder if I am dreaming . |
| 25 | If I am painting a small picture which includes figures , I often start with no preliminary line but go straight in , blocking in the face and body , changing the colour as I go . |
| 26 | he used to come round alright I 'm adding up , even if I am adding up |
| 27 | The question we must answer is : ‘ If I am going to buy a plane , how much will it cost me and how can I get the money ? ’ |
| 28 | I thought if I am going to be out of work , I might as well make some cash out of it . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | ‘ And , besides , if I am going to wear it I may as well be able to use it . ’ |