Example sentences of "if he be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Father , how is that to be distinguished , in such conditions , from a Benedictine brother in dark habit and cowl , if he be young and stepping out briskly to get out of the rain ? ’ |
| 2 | If a man be a good worker and preacher in one parish , the chances are he will be successful in another , but if he be feeble and indifferent at home no amount of artificially generated steam , raised to outstrip an opponent and gull a congregation on a particular Sunday , will endow him with energy and eloquence . |
| 3 | He must seek the advice of the wisest money-brokers and buy a pension scheme if he be self-employed ; he must see to it that he does not over-extend himself on the mortgage front ; he must run a motor car that does n't drink petrol like tapwater and wo n't break him every time it needs a service from a franchised dealer ; above all , he must abstain from vicious pleasures — or if he needs must indulge , then he must do so only in moderation . |
| 4 | He goes a dirty red colour and wriggles about as much as he can considering his condition , and I wonder if he 's shy , but then he explodes and I see that it 's anger , not modesty . |
| 5 | Maybe , maybe I do n't know if he 's shy or anything , why he has n't phoned up Michael yet , perhaps I ought to ask Michael to phone him then , he does , yes . |
| 6 | And then if he 's serious in marrying you , my advice to you would be to skip off and do it . |
| 7 | he 's old enough to carry it off , but me mum says to her , now erm , she says like what , what do you do Marie , if he 's annoying you , and she goes like that she goes Ryan 's |
| 8 | Well , I do n't actually know if he 's proud of my work , but he 's certainly proud of me as a person if that makes any sense . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ It sounds as if he 's bored — restless , then , ’ Luke commented tauntingly . |
| 10 | As Jim said , in six months time if he 's redundant she wo n't be feeling |
| 11 | I 'll tell you what if he 's six months old you 'll have to watch him chewing as well . |
| 12 | If he 's young , he 's too young . |
| 13 | They have little blind spots — places where the system is out of phase , holes in the structure where a person can slip through if he 's sharp and quick enough . ’ |
| 14 | I 'm sorry if he 's upset |
| 15 | David Nicholson says the open day is by popular demand and he hopes the fans follow him if he 's successful … the whole day is organised by his wife |
| 16 | And I mean er er you could argue that you know , because he 's er erm you know targeting the young and people who are at school in particular , the fact that , you know , if he 's successful in targeting those , then by nineteen forty nine those school children will be sort of will be the , the peasants , will be farmers and therefore will be more willing , you know , having been indoctrinated by his thoughts er or , or by the communist way of thinking , then erm for the revolution . |
| 17 | Because you can see if the client 's up to the age of forty , he gets a higher erm , a reduced allocation , but if he 's seventy , he gets actually forty percent allocated in the first year , and he gets er , a full allocation from then on . |
| 18 | ‘ If he 's uncouth , my dear , then doubtless he wo n't wish to attend your ball . |
| 19 | Which I do n't blame her there again , if he 's stupid enough |
| 20 | Then in a softer voice , ‘ An ’ if he 's no' yer brother , then who the hell is he ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Yes , it 's a pot I 've been down many times — not the easiest ; apart from a fifty-foot pitch we 'll have to haul him up , there 's a long sump we 'll have to bring the injured man back through which could be tricky if he 's unconscious or uncooperative . |
| 22 | I do n't care if he 's rich and famous ! ’ |
| 23 | He 'll only make it if he 's good enough ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I understand he might be talked about because he 's my son but he 'll only make it if he 's good enough . |
| 25 | she might take the baby if he 's good . |
| 26 | Two years if he 's good . |
| 27 | Quentin 's going to ask her then if he 's right . |
| 28 | The re , the rest , the rest of you look at this and see if he 's right . |
| 29 | That 's the view of the political pundit , we 'll see if he 's right in just over a week 's time . |
| 30 | But but even if he 's uninformed why should n't he speak ? |