Example sentences of "if i have been a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I would n't have got to wear this if I 'd been a factory worker . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I have tried therapy ( male ) which was unsympathetic to say the least ; if I 'd been a ‘ good little Jewish girl ’ , and ( later ) the type of young woman that would make ‘ an ideal bride ’ I would have been ‘ happy ’ . |
| 5 | I suppose if I 'd been a few years older , I would have replied , ‘ Is n't that the only way to treat it ? ’ |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | I 've said all along if I 'd been a white man with my ability , I feel I 'd be a wealthy man . |
| 8 | If I 'd been a religious and I would have thanked one god or another for the large number of kilocreds I was soon to collect , which would keep me from any kind of poverty for a long time . |
| 9 | ‘ I suppose I could have got action like that if I 'd been a count , ’ she mused . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm sorry if I 've been a bit below par this evening , ’ she apologised . |
| 11 | If I 've been a little abrupt , then I sincerely apologise . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | In the middle of many clashes and difficulties were the men whom I had met , and to whom , if I had been a true friend , I might have given something of the faith and spirit which could have helped them find a better way for their people . |
| 14 | I have sometimes gone into it when the King was absent from Delhi and once pretty far I thought , for the purpose of giving my advice in the case of a great lady so ill that she could not be moved to the outward gate ; but a Kachemire shawl covered my head , hanging like a large scarfe down to my feet , and a eunuch led me by the hand , as if I had been a blind man . |
| 15 | By the time I left his office , I felt as if I had been an established outside-left for years , ’ Bastin later recalled . |