Example sentences of "if i [vb past] [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I 'd been seen popping in and out of Ramillies Drive , tongues would inevitably have begun to wag . |
| 2 | Instinctively , I reacted as if I 'd been hit . |
| 3 | I mean , even if there had been some war I did believe worth fighting , if I 'd been called up or something , I 'm a coward , I 'm just not physically capable . |
| 4 | I popped in to see what the form was , and to find out if I 'd been fired as a house-sitter . |
| 5 | By then large drops were falling all around me , another landing on my wig and one splashing on my shoulder , making me jump as if I 'd been prodded with a therm-knife . |
| 6 | It would have worked too , if I 'd been supported . ’ |
| 7 | I would have thought how stupid it was if I 'd been made do it . |
| 8 | I 've often puzzled over whether , if I 'd been given guidance , would I have chosen differently ? |
| 9 | I do n't think I could have handled it if I 'd been given a sentence . |
| 10 | if I 'd been given the choice , erm you know if they 'd said you know okay you 're next , you going I 'd have said no thanks , send somebody else , but er |
| 11 | I think that 's what I think , but I 'm not sure that if I 'd been born here I 'd be pleased to see me walking down the lane . |
| 12 | ‘ You sound as if I 'd been gone for a few hours and forgot to leave you a note . ’ |
| 13 | That was nice of Nevil , he 'd provided me with a cover story — I was supposed to look as if I 'd been mugged . |
| 14 | ‘ If I 'd been trained in mind-reading rather than riot control , Dexter , I 'd tell you . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ If I 'd been educated proper , I expect I 'd be able to talk more , ’ said Dolly , ‘ specially if I 'ad good looks and not just a sort of orphanage face . |
| 16 | Probably I could have done quite a bit better if I 'd been forced to work , because if I 'm not , I 'm not so bothered to do the work . |
| 17 | I often thought if I 'd been married to Finn and I 'd had a gun handy , I 'd 've widowed myself more than once . ’ |
| 18 | Maybe if I 'd been encouraged then to find pleasure and personal fulfilment instead of pain and resentment I could manage to beat the under-11s on those final few metres . |
| 19 | It could have been different if I had been accepted for the Forces , but this way I mean to make Marion my wife and I hope … well … well ’ — he jerked his head upwards — ‘ I may as well say it , that if I have a son , or for second best , a daughter , to carry on here . |
| 20 | If I had been asked at Christmas whether my home waters of Chew and Blagdon would be full by opening day , the answer would have been an emphatic no . |
| 21 | If I had been asked to decorate a flat to reflect McIllvanney 's character then I would have given him an East Belfast bar with sawdust scattered on the floor , King Billy strutting on the walls , and blood splattered across its tobacco-stained ceiling . |
| 22 | I felt as if I had been hit . |
| 23 | This seems strange to me now because I feel sure that if I had been presented with the image of the glass coffin when I was well into the depressive phase of anorexia , I should have recognised it instantly . |
| 24 | But if I had been given the chance when I was younger I might easily have made a mistake and gone for good looks and he might have turned out to be Old Nick to live with . |
| 25 | He moved a leg to scratch — innocently ? — his bulging crotch , and the knee just touched mine beneath the table , as if accidentally , and I felt as if I had been touched by lightning . |
| 26 | Trouble was I could never run very quickly , and I can not imagine what I would have done if I had been chased by the bull . |
| 27 | I was feeling winded , as if I had been shot . |
| 28 | Emma had mounted the first step of the stairs and she was unwinding her scarf when she turned and looked down on her mother , saying , ‘ I would have been many things if I had been brought up in peace . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I think if I had been allowed to go on , there would still be a British film industry , ’ Forbes said in the late 1980s . |
| 30 | I remember thinking that if I had been trapped in the car , the firemen would not have reached me in time . |