Example sentences of "if [pron] [verb] been [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I 'd been working at home today I should have put on my old skirt and my old pullover , so as to have something comfortably rough and worn around me . |
| 2 | I 'd have seen it if I 'd been coming down the stairs instead of in the lift . |
| 3 | And that was the only part I did n't care for , because if I 'd been arriving at a lot of conclusions that were wrong , then I could be wrong about this too . |
| 4 | " Lord , I feel as if I 've been living with this case for ever ! " |
| 5 | I know times I get it , like maybe just at one side , if I 've been sitting in a hard seat |
| 6 | If I had been looking for a lover — I admit my husband 's fortunes were not at their brightest , and my friendship with the Philosopher was a little turbulent at that time — then I should not have chosen Gustave . |
| 7 | If I had been staying with you I … |
| 8 | It felt as if I had been living in a room with closed curtains , and all of a sudden its windows had been thrown open and the sun had come bursting in . |
| 9 | If I had been playing on my own my head would have dropped off by now . |
| 10 | I feel as if I have been wandering through this forest for an eternity , and it is some days since I have found anything to eat . |
| 11 | If I have been fishing to the north of Fetlar , I sometimes take the ‘ inner route ’ back , a rather tortuous passage through the reefs and islets where navigation has to be pretty precise to avoid hitting hidden rocks . |
| 12 | The wood at the back of the painting was deeply scored with a dagger as if someone had been searching for some secret crevice or compartment . |
| 13 | ‘ If someone has been living on the streets for a number of years he ca n't switch over to an organized life in a couple of days … it is too sudden . |
| 14 | This might sound , to Albert , as if she 'd been looking for him . |
| 15 | If she 'd been staying on the boat for any length of time it would have been necessary to find somewhere to go for a shower or a bath , but it did n't look as if that particular problem would arise . |
| 16 | If she 'd been pretending to be busy before , she really was busy now . |
| 17 | It was as if she 'd been calling on a dead line to an empty building . |
| 18 | She 'd felt as if she 'd been fighting with Guy Sterne all her life ! |
| 19 | Her face and neck felt as if she 'd been sitting in the heat of an oven . |
| 20 | The strong fingers peeling the nightshirt upwards , the exploring hunger of the hard mouth on her stomach , her breasts , her lips , it felt as if she 'd been waiting for ever for these feelings … |
| 21 | If she had been speaking to a school friend she would have called Brian Daddy but this was not acceptable to Jasper . |
| 22 | Sophie 's voice dipped in disappointment , as if she had been hoping for a graphic account of overturned furniture and blood on the walls . |
| 23 | She crouched forward in the chair , her muscles stiff , as if she had been sitting in the cold for a long time . |
| 24 | If she had been tingling at all , it had been from fury . |
| 25 | It felt as if she had been travelling for days instead of only one , on and off , and she arrived as dusk was falling . |
| 26 | My daughter thought no more of it than if she had been talking about the delivery of a letter because in her world the fax , like the video recorder , the personal computer and the microwave oven , has always been around . |
| 27 | It was as if she had been waiting for him for all these years . |
| 28 | It was as if she had been waiting for this moment for four years or more . |
| 29 | The experts say that for a woman over about 40 , SERPS is definitely going to be better , and if she has been paying into a contracted out PP scheme up to that time , she should change over then . |
| 30 | You would not have reached your present stage if you had been lacking in ability . |