Example sentences of "if [pers pn] [verb] be [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she 'd calmed down she asked me if I 'd been to the doctors , and we made arrangements for her to take me down . |
| 2 | Elsie B graced me with a long chat which made me feel as if I 'd been in the presence of royalty , though I suspect not too many members of the Royal Family are at their desk as early as Elsie . |
| 3 | " If I 'd been in the political arena I 'd have shouted . |
| 4 | I can just hear your voice answering the phone , as if I 've been to the shop for some ciggies and I 'm back late . |
| 5 | If I had been of the view , which I am not , that it was open to the rule making authority , whether by accident or design , in any way to remove powers which the Act has given to the court , I should still have been of opinion that the judge had the powers which he clearly wished to have . |
| 6 | I think she thought I was crying at firs , I think I might have been , but then she started laughing too , with her face all twisted to one side as if she 'd been to the dentist , and she kept gasping and saying , " Ooh , it hurts ! |
| 7 | If she 'd been in the kid 's place , she 'd have run off by now and left them all to it . |
| 8 | It was as if she had been beyond the sky . |
| 9 | Am I to believe in it , that every response should come so neatly , as if you had been through the Gospels and marked all the places to trap each enquirer ? |
| 10 | Aye , she says I 'm feeling sick , well that 's er all your if your head is what you call it when you feel awful , you know I say if you 've been on the , on the drink you know when you get up and your head ooh , well that sets your stomach off , so his trouble 's coming from his head , on his stomach |
| 11 | Six very powerful torches okay , if you 'd been in the war , you know what the answer to that was . |
| 12 | You would of been divorced if you 'd been in the middle |
| 13 | I mean if you speak three different languages you could use three different words to put the same sort of thought of a picture dog , chien , hound there 's probably an Italian and a and that but if you speak the languages then different words different codes if you like are for the same idea . |
| 14 | Whether you do n't know an opera at all or whether it is an old friend , you will still enjoy the show all the more if you have been to the pre-performance talk . |
| 15 | So if you have been in the scheme all your life , you would have a half pension and a lump sum — which is tax free — of 1 ½ times your earnings . |
| 16 | Several of them enquired if we 'd been to the races ( we all had ) and had backed the winner ( no , we had n't ) . |
| 17 | And whereas , if we 'd been in the Lake District we 'd have got a tan , so it just depends . |
| 18 | Peter Naulls and he , searching for the hole into the mine , had got as suntanned as if they had been on the kind of holiday they never had , on the beaches of Spain or Italy . |
| 19 | If they had been on the same side of the bed , he would have struck her . |
| 20 | The children will not be back from their boarding school and it would have looked very odd if they had been in the same country and not together on his birthday . |
| 21 | She asked him : ‘ What time is it ? ’ as if they had been in the middle of a conversation . |
| 22 | Tearing into the Instrument , some behave ‘ as if they had been in the schools , where each man had liberty to propose his own Utopia , and to frame commonwealths according to his own fancy … |
| 23 | It would have been better for employers and workpeople if they had been in the disciplinary grip of machinery … |
| 24 | Publicans whose premises backed on the harbour were interviewed and , over local radio , people were being asked to come forward if they had been in the neighbourhood the night before , especially those who had used the car-park . |
| 25 | And if they have been on the market the terms have often been unreasonable , with little attempt made to advertise them . |
| 26 | For example , if they have been in the Chaos terrains of locations 60–63 and a Dwarf character fell into the Nurglesque marshes , one puppet will enact this while another ( preferably an Elf Puppet , to antagonize the Dwarf adventurer ) conducts a running commentary : ‘ Oh look , boys and girls , the stunty 's fallen down . |
| 27 | If it had been at the border they 'd have given him five or even ten . ’ |
| 28 | By the time Mr Carlisle arrived in the right Roman town days after the original date for the hearing he was left wondering if it had been worth the bother . |
| 29 | He says he would n't have taken the job if it had been in the south . |
| 30 | It took a long time to open it and when he drank , it tasted warm against his mouth , as if it had been in the sun ; only there was no sun , not even at fifteen thousand . |