Example sentences of "if it [was/were] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | All that and more went through my mind , wrote Harsnet , as I sat there in the moonlight in the silence , but it was as if it was the glass which was telling me this , that the glass was my mind as I thought that , or my mind the glass , and that was the reason for the fear and the cold and also for the sense of growing excitement and a fear then , a different kind of fear , that I would not be able to do anything with this excitement , that it would be my failure , my failure to realize what I now saw were the real possibilities of the glass , a failure for which I would never be able to forgive myself , though a part of me would always know or perhaps only believe that it was in the nature of my insight that there could be no realization of it , that it was precisely an insight about non-realization , but by then , wrote Harsnet , it had all become too complicated , too extreme , I did not want to know any of it until it was all over , until I had made my effort , perhaps it had been a mistake to come in and sit there with the glass through the night with the moon shining so brightly , it must have been full , or nearly full , unnaturally bright anyway , something to do with the solstice perhaps , to sit in the room with the glass alone or with the moon alone might have been bearable , in the dark with the glass or in the moonlight in an empty room , but the two together , the glass and the moon , that was perhaps the mistake . |
| 2 | I think that the instructor should treat the first flight on a particular glider as if it was the first flight of the day , and on subsequent flights he should just check for full and free movement and that the surfaces are moving fully . |
| 3 | It has now emerged that the fraud was carried out by using the credit to pay back money to International Signal and Control as if it was the customer making stage payments on the contract . |
| 4 | If it was the Conservative Party 's circumstances that gave Maxse 's brand of radical Conservatism its appeal , it was also the change in the party 's circumstances wrought by the war which relegated Maxse to the margins of Conservative politics . |
| 5 | Even if it was the last thing she was ever able to do , Phoebe would have known it , and would have to notice her now . |
| 6 | I do not know if it was the first time since his appointment as executive chef at the Carlton Tower in 1968 , but I do know it was a rare occurrence to see him even emerge from his kitchen , let alone dine . |
| 7 | He wondered if it was the promise of spring . |
| 8 | He admitted that with prevailing high interest rates he was not particularly keen to mount a management bid , but would do so if it was the only way to safeguard shareholder value . |
| 9 | I remember saying this was a bit leisurely , was n't it , but there was some apparently reasonable explanation , like no one gave any notice that they were going to die and the partnership could be a bit pushed to produce the cash if it was the wrong time of year . |
| 10 | Nothing was further from my thoughts ; my reason would be simply enjoyment , and if it was the most commonplace thing to do my delight would not be decreased one bit . |
| 11 | It would n't do any good to tell her the truth — if it was the truth . |
| 12 | ‘ Yes , Mrs Grindlewood-Gryke , I will , ’ I said as if it was the one thing in the world I wanted to do . |
| 13 | Secretly Sam vowed that he would find it again if it was the last thing he did . |
| 14 | If it was the battery it must have finally given up the ghost , because there was n't even the faintest wheeze or whisper from the starter motor . |
| 15 | I always thought that was extraordinary ; a man like him sitting apparently alone all night with that one never-empty , unintoxicating , frosted glass , as if it was the sign of some great abstinence or purity . |
| 16 | This meant that it could not be used if it was the result of a ‘ fear of prejudice or hope of advantage , exercised or held out by a person in authority ’ or if it was occasioned by ‘ oppression ’ . |
| 17 | Any sort of attention to his genitals , even if it was the sort of gesture usually used by particularly aggressive barristers , was welcome . |
| 18 | As the orchestra took up the refrain once more , she came to take her mother 's hand at centre stage , and sang as if it was the most natural thing in the world . |
| 19 | I wondered if it was the usual supper for prisoners . |
| 20 | He had been informed that John Browne spoke with a stutter but the elder of the two men in front of him spoke with such pride and composure that Claverhouse doubted if it was the right man . |
| 21 | If it was the be-all-and-end-all then it would probably be difficult to talk to you objectively about failure , for example . |
| 22 | ‘ We would sink into each other as if it was the last time . |
| 23 | Creed stared out of the window , as if it was the Crumbles he could see . |
| 24 | It was as if he 'd made up his mind about something yet was not sure if it was the right thing to do . |
| 25 | When she spoke of Virginia it was in reverent tones , as if it was the last stage on the journey to heaven . |
| 26 | Mildred spent a lot of time by the pond telling the frog-magician that she had n't forgotten him and that she would get him out if it was the last thing she did . |
| 27 | I do n't know if it was the Irish temper in me or the Mexican , but I leapt on to the first marine I could reach . |
| 28 | It really did n't matter to Britain if it was the Germans who brought efficiency to the Turkish economy — so long as someone did . |
| 29 | ‘ Wonder if it was the same one as the other day ? |
| 30 | The Frenchman 's release was going to be a bitter pill to swallow if it was the price to pay for finding Clarion Call . |