Example sentences of "[adv] if [pron] had be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps if you had been a different sort of person — less sensitive , less driven by the bitterness of your mother … ’ |
| 2 | We had problems that last year with bits of this assignment until the mailing went out and then , you know , the video cassette , the specimen cassette was available but perhaps if it had been a couple of weeks earlier it would have been better . |
| 3 | Perhaps if I had been more of an expert the differences would have been more apparent , but experts always tend to obscure the obvious . |
| 4 | Perhaps if she had been seized by orthodox kidnappers , demanding millions of pounds in ransom , it would have been different . |
| 5 | Nor was he helped by being up against the mighty deeds of the West Indies in his first two series , and perhaps if he had been able to cut his teeth on something less difficult the story might have had a happier turn to it . |
| 6 | ‘ There would be bodies out here as well as inside if there had been a massacre . |
| 7 | In fact it seems more likely that Picasso felt that the Demoiselles as he decided to accept or leave it represented a truly astonishing challenge with which he himself must come to terms ; obviously if he had been dissatisfied with the look of the painting he would not have left it as it is , and it has been argued that the stylistic discrepancies within the painting are essential to its iconography , to the message which it is intended to convey . |
| 8 | Previously you were entitled to these rights only if you had been in an employer 's scheme for at least five years . |
| 9 | Only if it had been clearly demonstrated to me that trust status would involve a positive move in that direction would I allow such status to be assumed . |
| 10 | Perhaps the Indians would have done so if they had been conscious of any pressure of numbers on the land , but North America was not crowded and the Indians assisted the new settlers and showed them how to grow the local crops . |
| 11 | They would not have done so if they had been loose on their mountings . |
| 12 | Certainly with lower ability children doing oral work and class work that was true , Whether it would be so if there had been practical tasks associated with the French language is another question . |
| 13 | so if she had been told that |
| 14 | Edmund Barham 's wooden acting as Carlos would have mattered less if he had been vocally more alluring and if his stilted phrasing had taken a hint from Mark Elder 's conducting . |
| 15 | In particular , he fails to comment on the fact that eighty-five per cent of the seven-year-olds passed item ( 1 ) — a fact which suggests that even younger children might have been capable of passing this item , especially if it had been presented in an oral rather than a written form . |
| 16 | Those with turpentine , for instance , flew southwards if they had been trained in a loft with the smell of that compound blowing in from the north , and northwards if they had learned to smell it from the south . |
| 17 | Sometimes people today bewail the fact that they were not contemporaries of the historical Jesus , and imply that it would be much easier to believe and much more advantageous generally if they had been . |
| 18 | He moved on up the street , or would have moved on if he had been able to . |
| 19 | She would have respected Simon Copley more if he had been less prone to venial selfishness , less preoccupied with his physical comfort , but this she told herself was probably the result of fifty years of spoiling by a devoted wife . |
| 20 | I think , probably if it had been a cuter dog the but it 's a vile dog to photograph ! |
| 21 | One senior source said : ‘ Clearly if there had been a fundamental disagreement ( between the Prime Minister and the Chancellor ) then the Government would n't have raised interest rates . ’ |
| 22 | Clearly if I had been aware that we were going to be talking about the merits of other routes , then I would have prepared a different statement . |
| 23 | Many of the girls wanted to ask about domestic details such as rationing , clothes and saying goodbye to boyfriends while the boys frequently said they wanted to interview the men to find out if they had been on active service or if they had killed anyone . |
| 24 | Wade himself described the surrender of Carlisle as ‘ very scandalous and shameful , if not treacherous ’ , but it would have held out if he had been more encouraging . |
| 25 | The other boy , David , was also puzzling about his experience in the cutting and had resolved to go back and try to find out if he had been dreaming ; somehow he did not feel frightened but more determined to see the tramp and make friends with him . |
| 26 | I wanted to find out if there had been any mistakes , so I asked Ron if he had spotted any . |
| 27 | Geneva was the centre of the terrorist trade , it was the one place where Duncan would find out if there had been any international involvement in the kidnap . |
| 28 | Now if it had been opposite and hypotenuse which one would you have used ? |
| 29 | Now if it had been a 12-inch … |
| 30 | Now if it had been Viola that had died … |