Example sentences of "if [pers pn] have [be] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My mother thought if I 'd been a boy Dad would have lived with us and been grand , or at least people would have noticed us . |
| 2 | I would n't have got to wear this if I 'd been a factory worker . ’ |
| 3 | But it 's kind of a shame , because I 'm only one element of blackness that you can see on television , and I 'll tell you , if I 'd been a kid and seen someone like me on telly , I 'd be a hell of a lot happier about the way I am in this world . ’ |
| 4 | If I 'd been a union member I might have held out for a better offer or some redundancy money , but I was n't , so that was that . |
| 5 | ‘ I suppose I could have got action like that if I 'd been a count , ’ she mused . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm sorry if I 've been a bit below par this evening , ’ she apologised . |
| 7 | If I had been a marquis , I felt , I would still have been in bed or perhaps just parting the curtains and peering out to see what kind of day it was But Lord Hulton worked all the time , just about as hard as any of his men . |
| 8 | If she 'd been a man . |
| 9 | He moved lithely , carrying her with no more effort than if she 'd been a baby . |
| 10 | I asked him whether , if she had been a man elevated to the peerage , he would have considered it necessary to disclose everything to do with his private life . |
| 11 | If she had been a man she would not have had to drive round , she would have simply gone the wrong way and got there sooner . |
| 12 | He cut another slice and then he leaned across and buttered it for her , as if she had been a child . |
| 13 | Would he have loved her more if she had been a son ? , |
| 14 | The prosecution alleges that after being beaten , a sherry bottle was used on the body of Mrs McMullen to make it look as if she had been a victim of a sexual attack . |
| 15 | The bees just crawled over her , paying no more heed to her than if she had been a treestump . |
| 16 | And I still feel that you 're to blame for this : if you had been a wife to him he would certainly not have had to seek comfort elsewhere . |
| 17 | If you have been a victim of a crime do not assume that it can not happen again . |
| 18 | We if we 'd been a minute later we 'd have |
| 19 | If we had , if we 'd been a bit more rigorous with our criteria , our group would have got smaller . |
| 20 | Every room in the house contained some form of Bible and I took up a large ancient looking one and opened it as if it had been a door into a cave . |
| 21 | It would have been nice if it had been a decade to the day since the dog died that I exhumed its skull , but in fact I was a few months late . |
| 22 | It seemed to adapt itself to her and , in any case , she would not have noticed if it had been a giraffe . |
| 23 | If it had been a Peter Reid type , someone who battles and fights his way through every game as if his very life depended on it , I might have sat up and took a little bit more notice . |
| 24 | Then discussion began : if it had been a man , and if he had died , the peace should be 10,000 dinars ; but Nuri was a boy , he had only been stabbed , so 2000 was about the right amount . |
| 25 | If it had been a man who had called him that to his face , he would have smashed him to a pulp . |
| 26 | If it had been a man and woman relationship you would think that was understandable but we are n't expected to have feelings ; if we do they 're a joke . ’ |
| 27 | Rebecque suddenly sneezed again and , as if it had been a word of command , the French batteries resumed their cannonade . |
| 28 | It would be equally grave if it had been a burglary charge but he was facing one of the most serious allegations you could make . |
| 29 | If it had been a girl , Drew wanted to call her Chukka . |
| 30 | IF it had been a Companies Act prospectus , it would have landed the entire Cabinet in jail . |