Example sentences of "if [pers pn] 'd been [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You sound as if I 'd been gone for a few hours and forgot to leave you a note . ’ |
| 2 | This might sound , to Albert , as if she 'd been looking for him . |
| 3 | 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 … |
| 4 | 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 ? |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The third she found broken , knocked over on to its side , the water dripping from a puddle on the windowsill on to a seat below and through that on to the floor , and the flowers scattered and brown-edged , as if they 'd been picked for their beauty and freshness by a little girl and then loosed regardlessly on the path from her sticky hands as she ran off to do something else . |
| 8 | If he 'd been cycling for fourteen hours , let's say fifteen hours . |
| 9 | If he 'd been cycling for fifteen hours , you you have a look and tell me how far he would have gone . |