Example sentences of "if he had been [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | That is , if then Q and If Q then R , where these are such conditionals , entail If P then R. It has sometimes been said that certain other " if " statements are not transitive — for example , " If J. Edgar Hoover had been born a Russian , he would have been a Communist " , " If he had been a Communist , he would have been a traitor " , and " If he had been born a Russian , he would have been a traitor " . |
2 | What if he had been a vicar , a Methodist minister or a rabbi ? |
3 | Asked if he had been a child prodigy , he would answer : ‘ Yes I was — and I still am . ’ |
4 | Before the Dewhurst Stakes , you felt sorry for his opponents and if he had been a man coming into a room for the first time , the rest of us would have looked round anxiously to see our wives ' reaction . |
5 | The question was whether an employee who was going to suffer from a disability , and was then guilty of misconduct , would have been dismissed if he had been a man . |
6 | If he had been a drinking man he would have had a half pint in every establishment . |
7 | There was no doubt , however , that Mr Lee could have made the situation a little easier for himself , and his staff , if he had been a bit more open with the press . |
8 | The decision was that it was unlawful direct discrimination because Mr James had been treated differently than if he had been a woman . |
9 | Upon his return to Saragossa , El Cid was treated as a hero in exactly the same way as if he had been a Moslem . |
10 | If he had been a painter at that time , he would not have produced a picture like Beaumont 's storm scene ( 'different from this ' — this picture , line 18 ) ; he would have reproduced the tranquillity and the smiling sea , and added ‘ the light that never was ’ — the Poet 's illusions . |
11 | ‘ Same difference , ’ the Doctor said casually , and slipped into the command chair as if he had been the ship 's pilot for years . |