Example sentences of "if he [vb past] [be] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So he has got the scrum right , just as if he had been listening to Graham Price all along . |
| 2 | However these two bases are distinct and it is clear from Harman J 's judgment that even if he had been dealing with an express confidential information clause in an employment agreement he would have declined to have followed Faccenda . |
| 3 | He said abruptly , rather as if he had been thinking about something quite different all the time Nick had been talking — ‘ She may be a little upset , I 'm afraid . |
| 4 | The first arrivals were coming out of Customs now : two middle-aged couples , a crowd of kids who looked like students , a family with four children and grandma , a man who looked as if he had been drinking on the plane , his collar undone and his tie hanging . |
| 5 | He seemed eager to talk , as if he had been searching for a listener for some time . |
| 6 | The fans absolutely loved him and would throng the terraces to witness his extrovert pre-match warm-up sessions , in which he entertained and even amused the supporters before returning to the dressing-room as mud-stained and soiled as if he had been playing in a game . |
| 7 | He wished that he could have listened to their conversation , but he would not have made much of it if he had been sitting at the next table . |
| 8 | He would have posed the same question if he had been sitting in her position . |
| 9 | If he had been working for three days and three nights then it was in the suit he was wearing now , and his shoes had mud on them , and Erlich did n't think Ruane would be impressed . |
| 10 | There were gulls flying and calling , but I had not disturbed the main colony , and I thought that I would have heard if he had been working below the cliffs at the north-west point . |
| 11 | He answered immediately , as if he had been standing by the instrument . |
| 12 | He looked as if he had been waiting for some time . |
| 13 | Isabel 's personal integrity had been there in her clear gaze all the time , if he 'd been thinking with his head instead of with his emotions . |
| 14 | It was just as well Kenneth 's phone was n't engaged because , presumably , if he 'd been chatting to John Major about the situation in the Middle East , or talking to David Mellor about fun , poor old Johan would have been chucked out of the country . |
| 15 | If he 'd been cycling for fourteen hours , let's say fifteen hours . |
| 16 | If he 'd been cycling for fifteen hours , you you have a look and tell me how far he would have gone . |
| 17 | You do n't know , I mean he could of gone if he 'd been lying in a chair wa watching the |