Example sentences of "if [pron] have been [v-ing] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 … |
| 3 | If I 'd been doing a pukka delivery , I could just have carried straight on virtually due north and come to City Road . |
| 4 | ‘ I feel , ’ he said , ‘ as if I 've been waiting a hundred years for you . ’ |
| 5 | If I 've been working a lot I deep cleanse with a mask a few times a week . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ You did n't tell me you could ride , ’ she said , rather irritated , as if I had been keeping a secret from her . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ If she 'd been wearing a helmet , she might have lived , ’ says Officer Carmine Menchel , who visited the scene later . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ Mum says he should have looked first , Dad says if she 'd been keeping an eye on him he would have been fine . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | If she had been expecting an immediate outcry , she was sadly disappointed , but she was a determined young woman . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | It was as if she had been playing a part with all her might for several months , but it had sapped her energy . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ Sounds as if you 've been waiting a long time , ’ she said soothingly . |
| 19 | ‘ Sounds as if you 've been making a few plans , Mr Calder ! ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | If you have been using a code driven system then it 's likely that you can drive alternative systems directly ; GO Graphics ' Deskset talks to Compugraphic systems , for example . |
| 22 | You can expect ructions at home if you have been taking a partner for granted recently . |
| 23 | If you have been following a normal varied British pattern of eating you have probably been consuming less dietary fibre than you need for health protection , but it is unlikely that you are deficient in minerals and vitamins . |
| 24 | No , these days I 'm concentrating on passing my motorcycle test — a complex business , even if you have been driving a car on and sometimes off the road for nigh on 20 less than accident-free years . |
| 25 | This may occur if you have been playing a game or using a program that has somehow corrupted your system files . |
| 26 | It looked as if they 'd been having a party and had just taken off in the middle of it . |
| 27 | In Arequipa I had watched women in the church of Santo Domingo giggle happily as they dressed the Virgin for a procession ; , behaving much as if they had been preparing a girl for a wedding , not a poor girl though , rather one Velasquez might be called upon to paint . |
| 28 | If they have been taking a prescribed drug this is likely to have been methadone , and if the daily dose can be established this can be prescribed . |
| 29 | Women are particularly vulnerable to diseases such as arthritis , osteoporosis ( brittle-bone disease ) and heart attacks in their middle years if they have been leading a sedentary life , sitting slumped in front of the television , losing muscle tone and even bone mass . |
| 30 | If it had been spinning a bit more , it would of kept on . |