Example sentences of "[to-vb] if [pron] have been " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would have been difficult to accept if he had been killed so young in a car crash , but when it was so senseless … ‘ |
| 2 | Women who I had attacked for bringing up boy children wanted to know if it had been an immaculate conception or simply parthenogenesis , and what was I going to do with it if it were a boy ? |
| 3 | ‘ I need to know if there 's been any action planned or executed in Russia . ’ |
| 4 | Ramsey asked the pointed question whether William Temple would have been able to write if he had been Bishop of London and not Archbishop of York . |
| 5 | He tried to remember if there had been a particular shop nearby but he failed . |
| 6 | I tried to remember if there had been a dog with him , but it was difficult to concentrate . |
| 7 | Loretta began to wonder if she had been mistaken . |
| 8 | For the first time she began to wonder if she 'd been foolhardy — no matter how strong her desire to get away , she should n't have put her own safety at risk . |
| 9 | Well you would n't have been able to go if you 'd been erm |
| 10 | They were twisted and butchered and maimed and it was difficult to see if they had been Oaks or Beeches or Elms or what . |
| 11 | Only when he was safely inside the Passat did he look round to see if he had been observed . |
| 12 | He let himself into one of the houses through the skylight and waited , hardly daring to breath , to see if he had been detected . |
| 13 | ‘ It would appear that this Adamantios Andropulos , who is Hawkins 's temporary guest-I could well imagine that Admiral Hawkins would use the term ‘ guest ’ even if this unfortunate were clapped in irons in some shipboard dungeon — has an account with a Washington bank , name and address supplied , of some eighteen million dollars , and would we kindly make enquiries to see if he has been disbursing any of this of late and , if so , in what direction . |
| 14 | Lawton ended the conversation saying he would be back ‘ tomorrow ’ [ Friday ] to see if it had been put right . |
| 15 | The registration is checked to see if it has been correctly completed . |
| 16 | Gerry had seen his face and they got to go and look at the mug shots and all that and er longlegs had been informed across the road because they 'd got er a camera that works and er they got in touch with the , they told the police about it and so they 're going over there to see if it 's been recorded you see . |
| 17 | An important aim of the study was to see if there had been any growth in the use of temporary working in Britain in recent years . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm simply calling to see if there have been any developments . ’ |
| 19 | You can measure them later to see if there has been a change . |
| 20 | Finally , we compare the findings of the 1984 survey with those of the 1983 and 1986 surveys to see if there has been any growth in temporary working over this period . |
| 21 | They are invesitigating the two transactions in question , to see if there has been a breach of trust . |
| 22 | And there 'll also be at the club tomorrow morning an antiquarian bookseller , a dealer in manuscripts , and an expert in drawings , to see if there 's been the hanky-panky suggested by those few notes about Fishbane . ’ |
| 23 | Gloucester City Council says that it usually responds straight away to requests to repair smoke alarms in it 's properties , but an investigation has now been launched to see if there 's been a break down in communications . |
| 24 | I never had a chance to see if anyone had been hurt or not because we were already accelerating up the next stretch of road . |
| 25 | Thus , if we know of an author who wrote a very good book or article a few years ago on our chosen topic we can look up his name to see if anyone has been citing that article recently . |
| 26 | Germon said , ‘ Obviously we 'd have wanted to get back to continue if we 'd been in ( ND skipper ) David White 's shoes . ’ |
| 27 | But the UN force in Namibia should have been up to handling the affair rather than turn the job over to the South Africans ; it would have been able to cope if it had been as strong as originally intended and deployed in good time with a decent plan in its knapsack . |
| 28 | I was particularly interested to hear if there had been any changes in the condition of skin , nails and hair . |
| 29 | Interrupt — difficult to do if you 've been brought up to be polite , but necessary to learn . |
| 30 | When the tunnel was ‘ discovered ’ by the Russians in 1956 an inquiry was held within MI6 and also the Gehlen organisation to determine if there had been a leak to warn the Russians . |