Example sentences of "[subord] if she have been " in BNC.
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| 1 | He moved lithely , carrying her with no more effort than if she 'd been a baby . |
| 2 | The bees just crawled over her , paying no more heed to her than if she had been a treestump . |
| 3 | In the weeks that had passed since she had met Rupert Stonebird at the vicarage her interest in him had deepened , mainly because she had not seen him again and had therefore been able to build up a more satisfactory picture of him than if she had been able to check with reality . |
| 4 | It was worse , in fact , than if she had been obviously of a more humble station , for a gentlewoman in her circumstances was instantly under suspicion of a fall from respectability . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | When she was fastened to my fist people really scared her , whereas if she had been free she would have been able to take evasive action . |
| 7 | She was trapped , as helpless as if she 'd been bound in chains . |
| 8 | She felt as much for that girl as if she had been her own flesh and blood . |
| 9 | But Lamprey had been as courteous as if she had been in her father 's drawing-room . |
| 10 | She stayed in Danzig five or six weeks , to her daughter-in-law 's horror and embarrassment , since she had her cryings and roarings ‘ as well as if she had been at home ’ . |
| 11 | It looked at first as if she had been drinking blood . |
| 12 | None of this mess was of her making , yet she was just as much a prisoner as if she had been in gaol like Clive . |
| 13 | Jessamy jumped back as quickly as if she had been shot . |
| 14 | He stood back to look down the line of her figure under the flimsy nightgown , his eyes caressing her as blatantly as if she had been naked . |