Example sentences of "if you [vb base] be [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 If you 've been thinking about taking out a subscription to the Royal Horticultural Society , now 's the time to do it .
2 If you 've been thinking about a career in hairdressing and need some professional advice without parting with any cash , the new video from Hair by Alan d may be just the answer .
3 If you 've been thinking of making domestic changes or improvements , but lacked the money or momentum to set the wheels of change in motion use today to make a start .
4 You look as if you 've been bickering with a volcano . ’
5 ‘ I know a lady lawyer who can get you off , even if you 've been going round the shops buying poison , ’ he said .
6 Anyway , if you 've been talking to Betty you know who he is . ’
7 The staff say you always look as if you 've been sleeping in haystacks these days .
8 If you 've been gossiping about someone , go to those you gossiped to and try to restore the person 's reputation .
9 And over the years if you 've been working with the same partner
10 But surely to if you 've been working with your partner for a long time he 's gon na it anyway
11 ‘ For instance , if you 've been working towards getting a client somewhere to live and they get it and they come back to you and say ‘ Thanks ’ , that is simply amazing , ’ says Frances .
12 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 ) .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 If you have been shooting with the help of autofocus , you should have few problems with regard to image sharpness .
16 If you have been working at extreme depth and then call a halt do n't block the holes up .
17 Conversely , if you have been papering over the cracks of a relationship these same eclipses will seek them out .
18 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 ?
19 If you have been attending to it for twenty four years , I came here into this church as a choir boy . ’
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