Example sentences of "if [pers pn] [vb past] be at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm and at that ti but other than that , mind you I su I suppose that if , if I 'd been at home I should have probably been expected to be in , but I do n't think I should have been locked out . |
| 2 | If I 'd been at school I think I 'd have wanted to leave at Easter . |
| 3 | I really enjoyed having a tutor and I learned more than if I 'd been at school . |
| 4 | I probably would not have done as well if I had been at work . |
| 5 | If she 'd been at home and beset by devils like this , she would most likely have gone for a walk . |
| 6 | She stayed in Danzig five or six weeks , to her daughter-in-law 's horror and embarrassment , since she had her cryings and roarings ‘ as well as if she had been at home ’ . |
| 7 | If she had been at court the young dandies would have written odes and sonnets to her eyebrows , her finger nails and her sweet rose mouth . |
| 8 | ‘ So you would , if you 'd been at home , ’ Roman rapped , his quietness discarded for an anger that made Claudia shiver . |
| 9 | ‘ If we had been at home Rachel might have been spending the day with us instead . ’ |
| 10 | If they had been at liberty to quit the vessel at Cronstadt , the case would have been quite different ; or if the captain had capriciously discharged the two men who were wanting , the others might not have been compellable to take the whole duty upon themselves , and their agreeing to do so might have been a sufficient consideration for the promise of an advance of wages . |