Example sentences of "if [ex0] have [adv] been " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because they could have turned round Er they would n't have got as much done if there 'd just been the two boys together . |
| 2 | As Henry watched her retreating buttocks , grinding out yet another dismissal , he tried to remember if there had ever been a time , years ago , when he had desired her . |
| 3 | ‘ There she is ! ’ cried her father , as if there had ever been any doubt about her arrival . |
| 4 | If there had ever been any chance that the Whigs might lose the support of the great mass of the population , the poor , the unpropertied , the emergent working class , that possibility had now gone . |
| 5 | He might add that , if there had ever been any prospect that the class war would provide its movement , that prospect had patently disappeared except , ironically , in those eastern European countries bound to submit to Russian supervision . |
| 6 | Anyway , there was no cover here , no escape , and I wondered idly if there had ever been a veterinary surgeon in the Glasshouse . |
| 7 | The charge was such an obvious frame-up that he had to ask himself if there had ever been any intention to try him on it . |
| 8 | If there had ever been a time when it had been a whim and not an obligation , that time was gone now ; the thing was there waiting for him , blocking his path , and there was no way round it to his manhood . |
| 9 | If there had only been some way they could have gone in the doors of University College together and come home on the bus each night , or better still got a flat together , life would have been perfect . |
| 10 | The table was bare again , as if there had never been good food and wine . |
| 11 | The room was silent , as if there had never been conversation between old friends . |
| 12 | The window was dark , as if there had never been candle-light . |
| 13 | He came , towards the end of the nineties , to believe that there are erm there must be things which are in the strictest possible sense non-mental , and which would be what they were , even if there had never been any minds that were conscious of them . |
| 14 | If there has really been no response , wait for a time depending on the vigour and severity of the illness ( see para. 2 ) . |
| 15 | If there has genuinely been no opportunity for the candidate to find out about practical matters of pay and conditions in advance then it is sensible to discuss them at this stage , and you should have all the necessary details ready . |
| 16 | Right , we , we , we did actually draw , or we not draw , we , we adopted a constitution during the year and the officers that are erm elected are the Chair , the Secretary and the Treasurer , erm and other , together with other such officers , yeah to determine by general meeting , erm , so it 's really only those three , er and we have sometimes had Advice Chair if there 's only been one Chairman have n't we , one Chair person erm so I think people need to say if they do n't wish to carry on the jobs they 're doing and if anybody wishes to nominate anyone in a particular post then slip at the bottom of the minutes could be filled in and either brought to meeting or sent back to the Secretary . |