Example sentences of "if [pron] have be [verb] a " in BNC.
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1 | I do n't think I could have handled it if I 'd been given a sentence . |
2 | So I do n't You know whilst I would have normally if I 'd been teaching a class done about five or six examples of that , that 's all you 're gon na get . |
3 | I have no compass to tell me what I am destined for ; and yet , when I look back , everything seems to fit as well together as if I 'd been following a benevolent daimon all along … |
4 | If I 'd been doing a pukka delivery , I could just have carried straight on virtually due north and come to City Road . |
5 | ‘ I feel , ’ he said , ‘ as if I 've been waiting a hundred years for you . ’ |
6 | If I 've been working a lot I deep cleanse with a mask a few times a week . |
7 | The problem with my files would have been solved if I had been using an IBM machine — but they were way beyond my price range when I bought my first computer . |
8 | ‘ You did n't tell me you could ride , ’ she said , rather irritated , as if I had been keeping a secret from her . |
9 | I would wish to express my very great anguish to all those women concerned if I have been taught an inadequate technique , ’ she said . |
10 | A low range of hills lifted in the north , yellow , rumpled , threadbare , as if someone had been carrying a lionskin and had grown tired of it and had thrown it down . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | ‘ If she 'd been wearing a helmet , she might have lived , ’ says Officer Carmine Menchel , who visited the scene later . |
13 | It was as if she 'd been given a glimpse of paradise , and then had it barred to her forever . |
14 | If she 'd been given a test she could have been treated . |
15 | And there was something about him , an aura of confidence and power , as he stood there facing her across the bonnet of the Mini that told her that even if she 'd been driving a tank there was no way in the world he would have let her go past . |
16 | ‘ Mum says he should have looked first , Dad says if she 'd been keeping an eye on him he would have been fine . |
17 | This point was developed in Traynor v Donovan [ 1978 ] CLY 2612 , where the court refused to make any reduction because the plaintiff 's injuries would have been just as severe , but of a different nature , if she had been wearing a seat belt . |
18 | Then she kissed Auntie Lou on the cheek and said , ‘ Thank you , oh I do thank you , ’ and Auntie Lou smiled and blushed as if she had been given a present . |
19 | If she had been expecting an immediate outcry , she was sadly disappointed , but she was a determined young woman . |
20 | It was as if she had been having a nightmare — terrible , perhaps , but still only a dream in which the money could vanish like fairy gold — and woken up to find it was true . |
21 | It was as if she had been playing a part with all her might for several months , but it had sapped her energy . |
22 | Romano 's tone was coolly implacable , ‘ If you had been wearing a safety-line , there would have been no accident , ’ he added evenly , goading her temper even further . |
23 | Yes , I see , yes er , I said , I could have said if you had been given a hundred thousand pounds how , or fifty thousand pounds how would you invest it ? |
24 | 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 . |
25 | If you 've been given a voucher because you have a low income , the value of your voucher may be reduced . |
26 | ‘ Sounds as if you 've been waiting a long time , ’ she said soothingly . |
27 | ‘ Sounds as if you 've been making a few plans , Mr Calder ! ’ |
28 | So if you 'd been given a free choice , you would n't have given your sweets to your brother , would you ? |
29 | Now you can work out for yourselves that if you 'd been betting a pound on each of those horses you 'd have finished up substantially down . |
30 | It would n't matter if you 'd been promised a king 's ransom if you achieved a lucky jump to the scorpion . |