Example sentences of "if her [noun sg] [verb] [be] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ If her marriage had been happy she might well have been philosophical about the new baby , ’ her lawyer said . |
2 | Suddenly she sat upright in bed as though pulled by strings , her brain clearing as if her head had been pushed into a bucket of water . |
3 | Would n't it have been wonderful if her love had been returned . |
4 | Once again Isabel did n't get a chance to argue , even if her brain had been working . |
5 | If she had had any talent , if she had been born in another period and perhaps if her spirit had been lodged in the body of a man , she might just have been heroic . |
6 | She was beginning to wonder if her trip had been worthwhile . |
7 | She felt it go as if her body had been disembowelled . |
8 | Of course if her doctor has been guilty of serious neglect , you and your parent may decide that you should lodge a complaint with the local Community Health Council , whose job is to represent to the Area Health Authority the interests of the public in the district in which it operates . |
9 | However , the talents of her mind amply compensated for the defects of her person ; and if , with so few advantages , she was capable of writing with so much credit to herself , there can be no doubt but , if her career had been prolonged , she would have greatly distinguished herself in the annals of female literature [ |
10 | If her father had been informed she would probably have been beaten . |
11 | A customer asked Sarah if her brother had been near Guernica in Spain when bombs were dropped on it from aeroplanes . |
12 | She flushed , wondering if her mother had been watching . |
13 | And you can imagine it , if her mother has been a lady 's maid or some such . |
14 | Wonder if her mother 's been . |