Example sentences of "if you have been a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 If you had been a small shopkeeper with some money why might you have done the same ?
2 B. If you had been a young person in 1860 , like Jimmy Horsley 's great-grandfather , you might easily have been out of work .
3 If you had been a young person at the beginning of this century , you may have been in ‘ in service ’ , working as a maid or servant for a wealthy family .
4 It would have been a different matter if you had been a permanent assistant in the practice .
5 Perhaps if you had been a different sort of person — less sensitive , less driven by the bitterness of your mother … ’
6 You can have a biscuit if you 've been a good boy .
7 See if you 've been a bad boy .
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