Example sentences of "if it had [been] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | If it had been Piphros , it was encouraging . |
2 | If it had been Rime Giants following us we would have had a more difficult time of it ; they enjoy such conditions . |
3 | For that last half-hour of the day , the dunes became a deeper gold and were scored with the long shadows of palm trees , whose tops were so green that I fancied that if my arm had been long enough I could have plucked a leaf and eaten it as if it had been parsley . |
4 | Whereas if it had been standing room , we really would have been standing . |
5 | ‘ I 'd have been more excited if it had been Shirley Bassey , ’ Miss Horrocks , 28 , tells me . |
6 | In Mr Shaw 's view , his Bill , if it had been law , would have prevented the Maxwell fraud and the problems with BCCI , as well as saving billions of pounds lost to the Exchequer every year because of tax haven activity . |
7 | The MP behind the bill says if it had been law then , her life would have been saved . |
8 | I asked Pat if it had been love at first sight . |
9 | ‘ Even if it had been syphilis — why could you not return to this girl you love ? ’ |
10 | ‘ Just think if it had been polio or something like that . ’ |
11 | If it had been Everthorpe , she would have dismissed this performance as a clumsy pass , but Wilcox seemed teased by some genuine memory . |
12 | She would have been soaked if it had been water . |
13 | ‘ If it had been Jonathan I should n't have heard him ; he and Sarah were like cats about the house . ’ |
14 | Now if it had been Viola that had died … |
15 | If it had been Viola . |
16 | And then there was another interesting thought : if it had been Viola as well . |
17 | If it had been Jamie Baird who was waiting for her in the drawing-room , would she have been so angry ? |
18 | His foot went through the ice as if it had been paper . |
19 | But if it had been Edward IV who wanted the immediate accession of his heir , the events after his death say relatively little about the Woodvilles ' intentions . |
20 | But if it had been Edward IV who wanted the immediate accession of his heir , the events after his death say relatively little about the Woodvilles ' intentions . |
21 | She did not know what they would have said if it had been Edmund , but it was the title now which amazed them . |
22 | He would then enquire how much I 'd paid for the latest irreparable objects , and if it had been 20p or less he 'd say , with satisfaction , ‘ Well , at least it had a decent plug ’ , and the decent plug would go into the decent plug box . |
23 | Try to imagine , if you will , the ferocity of the reaction in the West if it had been Saddam Hussein who had poured napalm down on Kurdish villages three weeks ago ! |