Example sentences of "if [pers pn] [vb past] be in " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I 'd been in your shoes I 'd have walked right out on him . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ If I 'd been in cold sobriety I would never have married her . |
| 3 | And if I 'd been in his skin , and seen the power in Dawn 's beak and feet , I do n't think I 'd have done anything either . |
| 4 | Elsie B graced me with a long chat which made me feel as if I 'd been in the presence of royalty , though I suspect not too many members of the Royal Family are at their desk as early as Elsie . |
| 5 | If I 'd been in Bill 's position I , or if we 'd had been in Bill 's position , we 'd have done the same as well . |
| 6 | " If I 'd been in the political arena I 'd have shouted . |
| 7 | I think if I 'd been in a Western country I would have had a lot more comeback … |
| 8 | But he said : ‘ Even if I had been in Austria longer , I would still be able to defend myself against the outrageous charges of behaving like a war criminal — a charge made against no one else . ’ |
| 9 | If she 'd been in the kid 's place , she 'd have run off by now and left them all to it . |
| 10 | She appeared to have been holding a makeshift icepack to the side of her head and a couple of the cubes had skidded out of reach and begun to melt , almost as if she 'd been in too much of a hurry to stretch over for them . |
| 11 | ‘ If she 'd been in love with Henry she 'd have agreed to be his mistress — not made him wait seven years for a divorce before she let him take her to bed . |
| 12 | If she 'd been in any doubt as to the strength of my feelings , she had no excuse any longer . |
| 13 | Was that how she would have felt if she 'd been in her position ? |
| 14 | As she moved , her body ached as if she had been in a fight . |
| 15 | But Lamprey had been as courteous as if she had been in her father 's drawing-room . |
| 16 | None of this mess was of her making , yet she was just as much a prisoner as if she had been in gaol like Clive . |
| 17 | If she had been in a similar position she would also have called on the nearest colleague . |
| 18 | IF YOU had been in Whitehall one day in April 13 years ago you would have witnessed a remarkable sight . |
| 19 | If you are sailing in this curved air flow you can not sail as close to the wind as you could if you had been in clear wind . |
| 20 | You can get wetter than if you had been in a winter shower . |
| 21 | Previously you were entitled to these rights only if you had been in an employer 's scheme for at least five years . |
| 22 | I said , I said I 'm sorry you know Helena you stupid cow if you had been in here , accusing me as usual I said she goes cough up now . |
| 23 | I 'm sure you 'd have done the same if you 'd been in my shoes . ’ |
| 24 | Six very powerful torches okay , if you 'd been in the war , you know what the answer to that was . |
| 25 | You would of been divorced if you 'd been in the middle |
| 26 | But if you 'd been in trial in America |
| 27 | The Billeting Office found us accommodation , but no one appeared to be responsible for us otherwise , though I expect we could have gone to our administrative chief Harold Fletcher , if we had been in any serious trouble . |
| 28 | Germon said , ‘ Obviously we 'd have wanted to get back to continue if we 'd been in ( ND skipper ) David White 's shoes . ’ |
| 29 | And whereas , if we 'd been in the Lake District we 'd have got a tan , so it just depends . |
| 30 | There were sometimes they , they came , if they 'd been in action and er , the people had actually found blood and parts of the uniforms in the air gunner 's compartment at the back , and the , the fella , the navigator u and bomb aimer used to be in the nose , they had n't got much of a chance if they came down in there because they were right cut off from the rest of the aircraft so , but it was virtually a suicide position in the nose of the Bostons . |