Example sentences of "if she 'd been " in BNC.

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1 as if she 'd been wearing a coat of many many colours , and , beached on the desert island shore of Pity Me , had shredded the damn shrunken thing .
2 If she 'd been wearing a helmet , she might have lived , ’ says Officer Carmine Menchel , who visited the scene later .
3 Jane reflected that if she 'd been enormous , with masses of stomach and bust up front , Lajos might have thought twice about bashing her .
4 If she 'd been more of a woman , he believed , she would have meekly accepted his word and left it at that .
5 Zambia felt as if SHe 'd been punched in the gut .
6 If she 'd been in the kid 's place , she 'd have run off by now and left them all to it .
7 She fled home on the underground , scolding herself for being such a coward , it could all be over now if she 'd been sensible .
8 But even if she 'd been fully clothed the chance of escape was gone before it arrived .
9 If she 'd been on 4AD , she 'd be given the same amount of attention as the Muses , Pixies or Breeders .
10 As I watched her I thought Granny would have been proud if she 'd been alive to see Mary now .
11 Dad did n't object to him nosing around but I wondered what Mum would have said if she 'd been home ; she was out cleaning at the fish shop .
12 If she 'd been stopped in a car with this level of alcohol in her , she would have lost her licence for a year at least and got a hefty fine .
13 His hands slid from her breasts as if she 'd been greased .
14 If she 'd been pretending to be busy before , she really was busy now .
15 It looked as if she 'd been up in the loft for something , which I suppose was rather rash in her state of health .
16 This might sound , to Albert , as if she 'd been looking for him .
17 Ruth seemed to lose her breath , as if she 'd been punched .
18 I found her bustling about with a feather duster looking as if she 'd been up for hours .
19 A second , searing stroke made her gasp for breath , as fire exploded in her backside as if she 'd been hit by a ball of lightning .
20 Ace felt as if she 'd been struck .
21 " Lust " as Lindsey would have said if she 'd been there .
22 She appeared to have been holding a makeshift icepack to the side of her head and a couple of the cubes had skidded out of reach and begun to melt , almost as if she 'd been in too much of a hurry to stretch over for them .
23 It seemed as bright as day out on the newly-laid forecourt and it was as if she 'd been caught by the lights , trapped and dazed like a rabbit on a long country road .
24 ‘ Luci Hayter looked as if she 'd been up every night for a week .
25 And what 's more , if she 'd been about in your time , instead of that man , nice little Neville Chamberlain , she 'd have given your old Hitler a few right-handers below the belt ; and seen to it that Britain was armed to the teeth , with an airforce twice the size of the Luftwaffe instead of a few old men with pitch forks and a handful of plucky chaps like yourself to keep the Nazis out .
26 He was so starry-eyed when he finally made it bedwards with true love Michelle Pfeiffer , he would n't have noticed if she 'd been wearing Dr Martens .
27 Mala sprang from her sear as if she 'd been electro-jolted .
28 I think she thought I was crying at firs , I think I might have been , but then she started laughing too , with her face all twisted to one side as if she 'd been to the dentist , and she kept gasping and saying , " Ooh , it hurts !
29 If she 'd been there , no matter how quietly , someone would remember .
30 The feel of his warm flesh under her finger gave her such an odd surge of panic that she retracted her hand as if she 'd been burnt .
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