Example sentences of "if [pron] [verb] been in " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I 'd been in your shoes I 'd have walked right out on him . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ If I 'd been in cold sobriety I would never have married her . |
| 3 | And if I 'd been in his skin , and seen the power in Dawn 's beak and feet , I do n't think I 'd have done anything either . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | If I 'd been in Bill 's position I , or if we 'd had been in Bill 's position , we 'd have done the same as well . |
| 6 | " If I 'd been in the political arena I 'd have shouted . |
| 7 | I think if I 'd been in a Western country I would have had a lot more comeback … |
| 8 | I ca n't remember if I 've been in bathroom and picked them up , Steve 's getting a sod with him getting bath every night |
| 9 | But he said : ‘ Even if I had been in Austria longer , I would still be able to defend myself against the outrageous charges of behaving like a war criminal — a charge made against no one else . ’ |
| 10 | As you say , if somebody 's been in there from bloody five o'clock and wants to stay till eleven |
| 11 | If she 'd been in the kid 's place , she 'd have run off by now and left them all to it . |
| 12 | She appeared to have been holding a makeshift icepack to the side of her head and a couple of the cubes had skidded out of reach and begun to melt , almost as if she 'd been in too much of a hurry to stretch over for them . |
| 13 | ‘ If she 'd been in love with Henry she 'd have agreed to be his mistress — not made him wait seven years for a divorce before she let him take her to bed . |
| 14 | If she 'd been in any doubt as to the strength of my feelings , she had no excuse any longer . |
| 15 | Was that how she would have felt if she 'd been in her position ? |
| 16 | As she moved , her body ached as if she had been in a fight . |
| 17 | But Lamprey had been as courteous as if she had been in her father 's drawing-room . |
| 18 | None of this mess was of her making , yet she was just as much a prisoner as if she had been in gaol like Clive . |
| 19 | If she had been in a similar position she would also have called on the nearest colleague . |
| 20 | IF YOU had been in Whitehall one day in April 13 years ago you would have witnessed a remarkable sight . |
| 21 | If you are sailing in this curved air flow you can not sail as close to the wind as you could if you had been in clear wind . |
| 22 | You can get wetter than if you had been in a winter shower . |
| 23 | Previously you were entitled to these rights only if you had been in an employer 's scheme for at least five years . |
| 24 | I said , I said I 'm sorry you know Helena you stupid cow if you had been in here , accusing me as usual I said she goes cough up now . |
| 25 | ‘ If you 've been in care most of your life , there 's nowhere you can go . |
| 26 | ‘ People are saying , if you 've been in existence for two and a half years , perhaps you 've got something about you , ’ he says . |
| 27 | You look as if you 've been in a concentration camp you do ! and that 's the truth . |
| 28 | It makes a lot of difference cos if you 've been in a church hall before ! |
| 29 | I saw her and I , I be honest with you I hid , I be totally honest and I 'll tell her the same if I see her because I 've just found out then that they could n't do any more for me dad and I really did n't want to speak or see anybody and I sat in the canteen on my own , I just said to me mum , mum on the phone I said mum I need to do this on my own I said I 'm just gon na have a coffee in the cafeteria and I do n't know if you 've been in there but the cafeteria is all glass and she pulled up in a white van delivering something to the office , I thought oh no it 's Jenny she 's the last bleeding person I want there , I do n't mean that |
| 30 | I 'm sure you 'd have done the same if you 'd been in my shoes . ’ |