Example sentences of "[conj] if [pers pn] [vb base] been [verb] " in BNC.

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1 The argument that if you 've been born a tortoise , it is difficult to become a hare because some official insists , is flawed , though the imposing of fines must be done in a responsible manner and not by self-appointed officials with heavy-handed habits .
2 She argues that if you have been assisted by relatives yourself , this imposes a strong obligation to provide similar support for others , even if that means giving a temporary home to someone whom you do not particularly like ( p. 89 ) .
3 Unpleasant symptoms are a lot easier to cope with if you know you have Whatsisname 's Syndrome than if you 've been told that it 's ‘ all in your mind ’ .
4 At a later stage one might , for some reason , want to prevent the other side using reports disclosed to them voluntarily as part of their case , and if they have been put in the wrong part of the list of documents the right to do so will have been lost .
5 And if we 've been filled with the Holy Spirit , then we should have the evidence to go with it .
6 We 've not given anything away and if we 've been affected by other pressures — England , injuries and the like — then okay .
7 I also wonder how the system copes with changes to people 's incomes , er many people particularly in recession we heard that unemployment in Cambridge is now approaching ten percent and if you 've been turned down by the council , your council housing on your means test are you really going to go back to them at a time when you may be under a lot of stress with unemployment to have your circumstances reinvestigated , I very much doubt whether people do go back .
8 And if you 've been watching BBC 's Masterchef series , the winning recipes are also in Good Food , on sale August 8 .
9 Well as long as you do n't mind the high mileage cars but if they 've been going up and down the motorway all the time
10 Yeah , and of course they say it 's easier , but if you 've been brought up with it , well yes it 's dead easier
11 You will have lost your latest changes to the document , but if you have been saving your documents regularly , as you should , this should not be too much of a problem .
12 Well we 've talked football , we 've talked speedway , we 're now going to talk rugby , because if you 've been following the exploits of the Bicester Rugby Club , you 'll know they got through to the semi-finals of a big national competition , and they play that semi-final this coming Saturday .
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