Example sentences of "if you have been [v-ing] " in BNC.

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1 If you have been hunting for the perfect diet for a very long time it will be difficult to stop , actually to believe that good weight control can be established without resorting to one special diet that you go on ( and then , and this is the snag , come off again ) .
2 If you have been saving under the Homeloan scheme for two years or more you may qualify for an extra £600 loan and a cash bonus of £110 , provided you buy a house or flat below a certain price limit for each region .
3 You will have lost your latest changes to the document , but if you have been saving your documents regularly , as you should , this should not be too much of a problem .
4 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 .
5 If you have been fiddling with the boot files a lot anyway , you should have no bother with this , and will be able to use the in-built editor to make any changes you want .
6 Remember , if you have been building circuits from previous parts of the series , check your stock of components before ordering new ones .
7 If you have been holding off before making changes , now is the time for making some new beginnings .
8 If you have been thinking this way , practise having height in hand and using the airbrakes on the base leg .
9 If you have been taking me for granted , ’ Mr O'Hara argued , ‘ then that is my fault .
10 You seem as if you have been taking the walk in the rain .
11 You can expect ructions at home if you have been taking a partner for granted recently .
12 If you have been shooting with the help of autofocus , you should have few problems with regard to image sharpness .
13 IF you have been giving you house plants a summer airing in the garden , it is now time to bring them in again .
14 If you have been working at extreme depth and then call a halt do n't block the holes up .
15 If you have been making love horizontally in bed for years and need something new to make sex more varied , Stade Français could be the answer .
16 Conversely , if you have been papering over the cracks of a relationship these same eclipses will seek them out .
17 If you have been missing out , you may be able to claim back anything you have lost for up to six years and should receive a tax rebate .
18 If you have been following the series , the starred items will already be part of your components kit so check before ordering .
19 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 .
20 Riding a bike is a suitable analogy : if you have been pedalling very hard for a while you can stop pedalling and freewheel for a short distance without losing any speed .
21 Why not get used to doing this stretch throughout the day — especially if you have been sitting in the same position for any length of time ?
22 Later you are going to have an opportunity to do some writing similar to the pieces you have heard , however , if you have been fidgeting and not concentrating , you wo n't know what to do big boys .
23 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 .
24 Even if you have been paying premiums for many years , you will rarely get a proportion of its maturity value .
25 If you have been attending to it for twenty four years , I came here into this church as a choir boy . ’
26 This may occur if you have been playing a game or using a program that has somehow corrupted your system files .
27 If you have been meaning to knit with the garter carriage , why not try something very simple ?
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