Example sentences of "if you have [adv] been " in BNC.
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| 1 | I read the other day a well praised first novel in which the narrator — who is both sexually inexperienced and an amateur of French literature — comically rehearses to himself the best way to kiss a girl without being rebuffed : ‘ With a slow , sensual , irresistible strength , draw her gradually towards you while gazing into her eyes as if you had just been given a copy of the first , suppressed edition of Madame Bovary . ’ |
| 2 | reinstatement , ie an order that you shall be treated in every respect as if you had not been dismissed ; or |
| 3 | ‘ If you had not been told otherwise , you might think it was all a terrific affectation — this old woman from the Dales with the luminescent skin , the saintly set of the features and the clothes from the pile which even the rag-and-bone man would probably not take … . |
| 4 | Almost identical , if you had not been brought up by Victorine to know that one was good and the other bad : both had wide shop windows displaying shelves of apple tarts , turnovers , puffs ; striped awnings above ; tiled steps . |
| 5 | Before she could think how to respond without sounding defensive he was saying : ‘ You are angry with yourself , remorseful because if you had not been late this thing would never have happened . |
| 6 | Because if you had not been down in Minya chasing that gipsy woman you would have been at the theatre . |
| 7 | You could have made it too , if you had n't been so stupid . ’ |
| 8 | If you had n't been here we 'd all be in a far worse pickle . |
| 9 | Similarly , if you had n't been lucky in the market , one lucky bet could send you home the richer by a season 's takings , if you could spot an outsider . |
| 10 | Then : ‘ What if you had n't been here ? ’ |
| 11 | How might life have been different if you had n't been afraid ? |
| 12 | ‘ If you had n't been asleep all this time , you 'd know that we are nearly there . ’ |
| 13 | Well , you know , if you had n't been quick and run into me he could have caught up with you . |
| 14 | ‘ You are having the kind of crush that is natural in a girl your age , and if you had n't been seduced by a certain person ( whose name I shall not mention again since you dislike it so ) that would be that . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I could have plugged the pilot if you had n't been in the way . ’ |
| 16 | If you had n't been next door here , you 'd never have known . " |
| 17 | And what 's more , Biddy would have liked me if you had n't been there . |
| 18 | Mind you , it could have been cheaper if you had n't been in such a hurry . |
| 19 | What I mean is , that what I have to say to you , I would n't say if you had n't been one of the family . |
| 20 | She looked at the insignificant scorch marks on its cover and said , ‘ This would n't have been necessary if you had n't been so cagey with me . |
| 21 | And you could also feel the , the shuddering of the , the wings and the fuselage er and er it was rather frightful you know , if you had n't been before . |
| 22 | ‘ If you had n't been so awkward about it I doubt if that constable would even have taken my name and address . |
| 23 | ‘ Even if you had n't been way out there , you had no right to make something from my personal life the grounds for dismissal . ’ |
| 24 | If you had n't been in such a foul temper — ’ |
| 25 | ‘ If you had n't been so nasty , ’ she went on , ignoring his cold rebuttal , ‘ I 'd probably have gathered everything up . |
| 26 | If you had n't been consistent in laying them out like this , then you ca n't so quite confidently go round , go round erasing large chunks of the spreadsheet . |
| 27 | And , oh , Ellie , if you had n't been here , I 'd have gone down the aisle looking such a fright … ’ |
| 28 | ‘ If you had n't been out there , if you had n't shouted at me I 'd never have fallen in . ’ |
| 29 | If you had n't been so boring in the pub I would n't have left in such a temper ! ’ |
| 30 | I wonder how he would have responded if you had n't been so angry/polite/upset by the loss of your children ? " |