Example sentences of "if [pers pn] 'd been [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | This might sound , to Albert , as if she 'd been looking for him . |
| 2 | The strong fingers peeling the nightshirt upwards , the exploring hunger of the hard mouth on her stomach , her breasts , her lips , it felt as if she 'd been waiting for ever for these feelings … |
| 3 | So , you did so many miles per hour , we calculated , you would have done so many miles if you 'd been going for a full hour at that speed , so your dis your , your speed , velocity really but we 'll call it speed , right ? |
| 4 | If we 'd been looking for an easy acquaintance with nature , we would have chosen a different landscape : something lusher and more intricate , not this bleak and famished hillside on the Atlantic 's edge . |
| 5 | I think that if we 'd been looking for some rather more er refined instruments of taxation , I nearly said torture , er from the continent then we might have looked er and found some rather better means of getting local money in to finance local government . |
| 6 | If he 'd been cycling for fourteen hours , let's say fifteen hours . |
| 7 | If he 'd been cycling for fifteen hours , you you have a look and tell me how far he would have gone . |