Example sentences of "if [pers pn] be [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | BELVILLE : I did intend what you call the worst , but if I am master of myself and my own resolution , I find I love you beyond all your sex , and on my honour I will not attempt to force you to anything again . |
| 2 | I just want to be treated honestly and know if I am part of Chelsea 's plans . ’ |
| 3 | I 've been flung into a filthy cell with a lot of other poor wretches as if I were sack of coals being emptied into a cellar . " |
| 4 | Complete this sentence : If I were dictator for a day … |
| 5 | Complete this sentence : If I were dictator for a day … |
| 6 | ‘ If I were manager I would … ’ |
| 7 | I hope that the foregoing has served to give some idea of the private legislation procedure from the point of view of a parliamentary agent , and I think in conclusion that it would be useful if I were summarise a few of the problems which appear to affect solicitors , executive officers and advisers locally . |
| 8 | Since then I am called ‘ Majesty ’ and it seems to me as if I was part of a play . |
| 9 | He snatched my ticket , demanded to know if I was Miss or Mrs. glanced at my ringless left hand when I refused to answer , crossed out ‘ Ms ’ and wrote ‘ Miss ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ If I was Empress I would be a constitutional Empress only , ’ said Pakeezah , drawing herself up . |
| 11 | ‘ He asked me once , ’ she said huskily , ‘ if I was predator or prey . ’ |
| 12 | Although lately if I 'm flower arr er showing at the yeah flower arranging at shows I 've then got time to show the flowers . |
| 13 | Listen to the slosh-slosh-slosh , feel the rocking motion floating through me as if I 'm part of it — close my eyes — I 'm on my rocking chair and I 'm … |
| 14 | You know , if I 'm president of the board of trade , I 'm a loyal member of John Major 's cabinet . |
| 15 | Alan , I 'm sorry if I 'm sort of trying to put you at the end and continue and I I do n't intend it like that . |
| 16 | Well erm if I 'm crystal ball gazing , I would hope that all the women in this country , whatever their colour and whatever their class , would have access to first-class provision for their young children , so that if they wished to work they could actually work in jobs that paid them enough and gave them job satisfaction . |
| 17 | ‘ Well , I 'm in fer a right 'idin' if I ai n't got that bleedin' contraption out o' the 'ouse by the time my Joshua comes 'ome , ‘ specially if 'e 's bin on the turps again . |
| 18 | ‘ If she 's Dad 's sister , why does n't she live in our house ? |
| 19 | so if she 's sort of er like an attendance allowance or something like that |
| 20 | If she is training , they just arrange another time and she does n't think she is missing out . |
| 21 | She is to me and many others , the best tennis player in the world today , even if she is No 2 it wo n't be long before she is back on top where she belongs . |
| 22 | Yet he deposited her on it as carefully as if she were china , and that brought a weak tear to her eye . |
| 23 | Travelling along at such a pace was an experience she would have enjoyed no end on a happier occasion , and even now she savoured the luxury of sweeping by those on foot as if she were royalty . |
| 24 | ‘ Goodnight , ’ she said firmly , her chin tilted proudly towards the stars , as if she were royalty and not a woman sporting scraggly wet hair and a nearly see-through dress . |
| 25 | The sky was a remarkable shade of blue , not one cloud in sight , and as she looked up Maggie had a sudden feeling of deep peace , as if she was part of the land , knee-deep in it . |
| 26 | If she was cat slinky , she could slide below the counter . |
| 27 | If she was outcast as he was , so much the better . |
| 28 | If she was President , she 'd be Baberaham Lincoln ’ ) , and Carvey 's Garth Alcar , the ultra-introverted , computer-superliterate second banana , impaled the national consciousness in a way unseen since SNL 's Belushi/Aykroyd/Murray glory days . |
| 29 | He comes up to him and he goes , you 're only a trainee , and he goes this is the first time we 've ever sent the scum bag back , oh , the scum bag , that 's a big strong even if you are god and he , he |
| 30 | If you are king of a country in which six out of every ten people are Palestinians , and where Islamic fundamentalism is growing , you do not last long by siding with America against the man who is firing missiles into Tel Aviv . |