Example sentences of "if [pron] [verb] been [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You sound as if I 'd been gone for a few hours and forgot to leave you a note . ’ |
| 2 | It could have been different if I had been accepted for the Forces , but this way I mean to make Marion my wife and I hope … well … well ’ — he jerked his head upwards — ‘ I may as well say it , that if I have a son , or for second best , a daughter , to carry on here . |
| 3 | For example , if you have been employed for four years and earn a basic salary of £40,000 , one hardly need emphasise the difference between the value of your rights if you are eligible just for the statutory minimum of four weeks ' notice and the scale of your claim if you are on , say , a three-year rolling contract . |
| 4 | You are entitled to a written statement of the reasons for your dismissal if you have been employed for two years or more . |
| 5 | Less ambitiously , you might ask your employer to agree to repatriate you , together with your family and possessions , free of charge , if your job ends prematurely for any reason , except perhaps if you have been dismissed for misconduct . |
| 6 | And he turned away from her to face his desk again , as if everything had been settled for the moment . |
| 7 | If something has been left for construction of a building for a town , the late emperor Marcus and Lucius Verus replied to Procula by rescript that each heir was liable for the whole . |
| 8 | And the pressures are probably much greater within the public sector , if only because of the difficulty of obtaining further employment in the public sector if one has been dismissed for disciplinary reasons . |
| 9 | The third she found broken , knocked over on to its side , the water dripping from a puddle on the windowsill on to a seat below and through that on to the floor , and the flowers scattered and brown-edged , as if they 'd been picked for their beauty and freshness by a little girl and then loosed regardlessly on the path from her sticky hands as she ran off to do something else . |
| 10 | More important is the fact that many of the draft 's boldest strokes would seem a lot more realistic if they had been destined for Mark Fisher and a Labour government . |
| 11 | There was no evidence as to what the Perots ' attitude would have been if they had been asked for more than $2.5m. for Caliban . |
| 12 | Yet they were now learning to kiss as if they had been made for one another , she thought in panic . |
| 13 | Should the elective resolution cease to have effect , if the authority has lasted for 5 years or more before the election it expires forthwith : otherwise it has effect as if it had been given for a fixed period of 5 years . |
| 14 | Though the stone was large , the ornate gold band was small , and it fitted as if it had been made for her . |
| 15 | It had all trees on it and looked as if it had been made for picnics . |
| 16 | He took to the Cobra position as if it had been designed for him . |
| 17 | ‘ It seems that the establishment thinking is that if it 's been done for 175 years , it must be all right . |
| 18 | Inside , it looks as if it 's been used for tank practice . |
| 19 | We ca n't hurt her — humiliate her like this when she 's expecting to marry him in just a few weeks , even if it has been arranged for family reasons , and not for love . |
| 20 | A ley can really only be said to be confirmed if it has been walked for most of its length . |
| 21 | Please ensure that you are currently the associated user of the package ie. either the package manager or the nominated approver ( if it has been submitted for approval ) . |
| 22 | Please ensure that you are currently the associated user of the package ie. either the package manager or the nominated approver ( if it has been submitted for approval ) also that you have LIFESPAN Quality Assurer privilege . |
| 23 | If he had been briefed for a mission in which he did not participate , he would then have been kept incommunicado until he did finally leave . |
| 24 | If he has been arrested for an arrestable offence , there may also be a power to search his home under section 18 . |