Example sentences of "if there [verb] been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any new drug in Britain is , every year the G P who 's prescribing that for you gets a letter from a centre down in Southampton to ask if there 've been any adverse reactions . |
| 2 | If there 'd been any more trouble , we would just have drawn our staffs and knocked all hell out of them . |
| 3 | Listen , if there 'd been any fruit around I 'd have eaten it . |
| 4 | This was the first time they 'd been out together since the alleged phone-calls , and if there 'd been any more since then she had n't mentioned it . |
| 5 | If there 'd been any evidence to link the death to anyone connected with the Jonquil the police would have found it by now . |
| 6 | Tell him that if there 'd been any chemistry between us at all , I would have married you years ago and if he had any bloody sense he 'd do it now — in fact , forget it , I 'll tell him myself . ’ |
| 7 | Yeah , could of been if there 'd been any Romans in Italy . |
| 8 | No , not at all , no I if there 'd been any doubt then I would n't have played , but erm no doubt at all . |
| 9 | The reaction to the discovery , that it would mean that there would be no need of the Icelandic fishing grounds in future , makes it fairly certain that even if there had been accidental sightings of the New World before that date , no systematic attempts had been made to explore it further nor to exploit the resources of the Newfoundland Banks ( 45 , pp.214–16 ) . |
| 10 | The European Court has stated that the concept of abuse is to be assessed by determining whether an undertaking in a dominant position ‘ has made use of the opportunities arising out of its dominant position in such a way as to reap trading benefits which it would not have reaped if there had been normal and sufficiently effective competition ’ . |
| 11 | If the heaving had continued , if there had been continuous restless movement , existence inside the train would have been impossible . |
| 12 | Certainly with lower ability children doing oral work and class work that was true , Whether it would be so if there had been practical tasks associated with the French language is another question . |
| 13 | When I finally got through to Taff to enquire about what sort of night he had had , and if there had been many casualties during the barrage , his reply was rather matter of fact . |
| 14 | Even if there had been such an agreement , there was nothing to stop the board getting rid of Mr Venables if it wished , said Mr Heslop . |
| 15 | Incidentally the lesson would have been better if there had been more tape recorders in the school and if the tape had been ready at the right moment . |
| 16 | Things might have been different if there had been more consultation with industry people across the board . |
| 17 | A petition organized by the Jewish people 's Council against Fascism and Anti-Semitism collected 77,000 signatures in two days ; it was felt that if there had been more time over a quarter of a million would have signed against Mosley 's proposed demonstration . |
| 18 | Mick is convinced that if there had been more staff available the attack might never have happened . |
| 19 | At 3:1 United were cruising again and the Manor Ground fans must have been thinking what could have been this season if there had been more games like this . |
| 20 | If there had been land-hunger comparable to the pre-plague period , it is unlikely that the villages would have disappeared ( 58 , pp.160–2 , 209 ) . |
| 21 | In the 1990s there were many more at hand to help them escape , people who might have been more profitably employed than in these negative exercises if there had been fewer who needed their services . |
| 22 | If there had been less enthusiasm among the congregation for ufology , maybe they would have devised a public punishment for me . |
| 23 | If there had been sufficient other evidence of participation he might have been properly convicted . |
| 24 | In the 1970s the Labour government supported a private member 's Bill which took over an item which would have been included in its own programme if there had been sufficient parliamentary time . |
| 25 | The police officer agreed Anderson would have been charged at that stage if there had been sufficient evidence . |
| 26 | Even if there had been another big story , it would have to be very big indeed to be bigger than this one ! ’ |
| 27 | ‘ If there had been another — any other — I would have backed him , not you . ’ |
| 28 | Then , just when I was wondering if there had been some mistake , a man came up full of apologies , ‘ I 'm so sorry , ’ he said . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | She wondered if there had been some procedural delay in charging Theo Sykes . |