Example sentences of "if [pron] have [adv] been " in BNC.
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| 1 | " If nothing has yet been settled with regard to Ald. Hallam 's gift of a thousand pounds , it seems to me well worth considering whether it would not be more advantageous to the School to endow a " Hallam Lectureship in Natural Science " than to found a scholarship . |
| 2 | So if I 'd still been giving Clive the best part of my days , occasions for dalliance would have been rare and risky . |
| 3 | But er , yes er , I would have been er , I think if I 'd still been in Jim 's place , er quite rightly so , getting all that we can for the town . |
| 4 | as if I 'd only been half awake before so no wonder I could n't do anything . ’ |
| 5 | if I 'd only been there when he died , I 'd of hold his hands , blah , blah , oh God , poor lass |
| 6 | And then it 'll look as if I 've hardly been . |
| 7 | I reflected that I was not sure if I had ever been filled with the Holy Spirit , let alone spoken the word of God boldly . |
| 8 | ‘ I should not be alive today if I had ever been guilty of complacency or carelessness , ’ he said . |
| 9 | I took long breaks away from training and would then reappear like the proverbial bad penny , as if I had never been away . |
| 10 | I do n't think I could have done that if I had still been drinking or doing the things I was doing about ten years ago . |
| 11 | ‘ You must go , ’ he said , as if nobody had ever been there but him . |
| 12 | She felt as if she 'd already been questioned on the rack , and fitzAlan had n't even tried to force any definite answers out of her . |
| 13 | Then drew back quickly , as if she 'd just been burned . |
| 14 | She wore a large white straw hat and looked as if she 'd just been to church . |
| 15 | She looked small , frail , and feeble ; her face was dazed and vacant , as if she 'd just been woken up and could n't quite remember where she was . |
| 16 | She was even beginning to wonder if she 'd really been in love with Hugh — properly in love . |
| 17 | If she 'd ever been awake . |
| 18 | She watched her mother and daughter talking together and felt a deep hurt , as if she had somehow been the cause of it all . |
| 19 | ‘ I beg your pardon ? ’ said Mrs Cramp again , reeling back as if she had just been slapped in the face . |
| 20 | as if she had just been in actual combat she dropped down on to the couch and sat gasping , drawing in long , shuddering breaths . |
| 21 | But Folly found it all rather overwhelming , as if she had suddenly been spirited away by a magic carpet and found herself in some Sultan 's harem . |
| 22 | Her friend greeted her as if she had never been away , so the guilt evaporated and she began to talk about Nicky . |
| 23 | There were a few anxious moments , but as soon as I pulled on the glove she came straight at me , low and very fast indeed , much swifter of course than she could have done if she had still been carrying the equipment . |
| 24 | If she had still been in love with Finn , Lydia would not now be casting round for ways to entertain herself . |
| 25 | If she had really been as indifferent as she had pretended to be , then she would n't have reacted at all . |
| 26 | How would he have reacted if she had really been ill ? |
| 27 | The widow 's suit looked brand-new and Wexford could n't help wondering if she had actually been out the previous afternoon to buy it . |
| 28 | I asked if she had ever been to hear Billy Graham ; a bit unlikely I thought . |
| 29 | She chewed the pencil , swallowing splinters ; what could she tell Mrs Rundle , who was now ( if she had ever been much more than ) a stranger , living at a distance , forgetting them , putting them into her past , memories packed with other memories in her bulging handbag ? |
| 30 | He asked her , smiling over the top of his glass , if she had ever been to bed with a man and when she said ‘ not exactly ’ he had burst out laughing and touched her cheek with one strong brown hand . |