Example sentences of "if you have [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's as if you had been given not one vote , but a fifth of a vote . |
| 2 | Yes , I see , yes er , I said , I could have said if you had been given a hundred thousand pounds how , or fifty thousand pounds how would you invest it ? |
| 3 | After all , if you had been hanged , drawn and quartered at a time when such deaths were not uncommon , you would not really want to feel either the physical pain or indeed the terror which must have accompanied it ! |
| 4 | The heel of the foot ( a good move if you 've been grabbed ) : lift your foot and look for your target |
| 5 | it 's as if you 've been anaesthetized ! |
| 6 | ‘ And you 're dirty and sloppy and you look as if you 've been dragged backwards through a hedge , the lot of you ! |
| 7 | what if you 've been treated unfairly ? |
| 8 | You move on , and thank you , and I 'm sorry if you 've been disturbed , and I 'm sorry about Demian , and I shall shed the deceptively comforting skin of this house , and all will be well , Larry , you shall see , the estate agent will save the day in the end . ’ |
| 9 | The argument that if you 've been born a tortoise , it is difficult to become a hare because some official insists , is flawed , though the imposing of fines must be done in a responsible manner and not by self-appointed officials with heavy-handed habits . |
| 10 | And it says a , i , i it 's stating things here er if you 've been wanted operation a long time the N S H er N S H that is it , yes . |
| 11 | If you 've been given a voucher because you have a low income , the value of your voucher may be reduced . |
| 12 | Even if you 've been turned down elsewhere . |
| 13 | I also wonder how the system copes with changes to people 's incomes , er many people particularly in recession we heard that unemployment in Cambridge is now approaching ten percent and if you 've been turned down by the council , your council housing on your means test are you really going to go back to them at a time when you may be under a lot of stress with unemployment to have your circumstances reinvestigated , I very much doubt whether people do go back . |
| 14 | If you 've been prescribed suppositories and you 're not sure how to use them or are too embarrassed to ask , the pharmacist will have explanatory leaflets . |
| 15 | Every area you look at South Africa in a report I gave to the Norwegian government which they commissioned we pointed out every area is like a major disaster area as if you 've been hit by an earthquake in every area of human activity and that situation needs something like a martial plan if we are , a martial aid plan , if we 're to address it but in the world we live in there 's no prospect of such assistance coming to Southern Africa . |
| 16 | Therefore , if you 've been exposed to the possibility of infection and have puzzling symptoms , see your doctor at once . |
| 17 | I said how can you make yourself homeless if you 've been evicted ? |
| 18 | Joe said , ‘ If you 've been billed , then you 've also had a statement giving the number that she called you from . ’ |
| 19 | Interrupt — difficult to do if you 've been brought up to be polite , but necessary to learn . |
| 20 | Now I do n't know if you 've been brought up on a diet of men who jump in and out of bed with whatever women take their fancy , but if you have then I suggest you go find one of them to satiate your appetite . |
| 21 | Yeah , and of course they say it 's easier , but if you 've been brought up with it , well yes it 's dead easier |
| 22 | Unpleasant symptoms are a lot easier to cope with if you know you have Whatsisname 's Syndrome than if you 've been told that it 's ‘ all in your mind ’ . |
| 23 | It 's for the people who are n't happy with the weight they 're at , or if it 's unhealthy — if it 's endangering your health and you have to do something about it ; if you 've been told by your doctor to lose weight . |
| 24 | And although we often hear about different jobs being of different sorts of status , they 're on a ladder of status , its for unemployed people the situation is very often as if you 've actually been kicked off this ladder and this is what people say when they describe being unemployed as being on the scrap heap and so on , it 's as if you 've been expelled from this particular world where erm people respect you for having a job and know that you 're contributing . |
| 25 | If you 've been caught out here please do not be so careless again . |
| 26 | If you 've been hurt by a loved one , this stone 's innate joyfulness is said to help heal the pain and the suffering . |
| 27 | If you 've been put off a simple d-i-y job which involves mixing concrete or mortar because it 's such a hassle , then the Odjob is for you ! |
| 28 | If you 've been used to linear note-taking for many years , you 'll need to persevere with the Buzan method . |
| 29 | If you 've been entered privately then you need to pay your exam fees for this summer 's exams er as soon as possible , er Mrs is collecting those . |
| 30 | If you do n't you have quite a good chance of getting malaria if you 've been bitten . |