Example sentences of "if she [vb past] be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | as if she 'd been wearing a coat of many many colours , and , beached on the desert island shore of Pity Me , had shredded the damn shrunken thing . |
| 2 | ‘ If she 'd been wearing a helmet , she might have lived , ’ says Officer Carmine Menchel , who visited the scene later . |
| 3 | He was so starry-eyed when he finally made it bedwards with true love Michelle Pfeiffer , he would n't have noticed if she 'd been wearing Dr Martens . |
| 4 | This might sound , to Albert , as if she 'd been looking for him . |
| 5 | There must be hundreds of people named McMahon — Be ironic , though , would n't it , if she 'd been staying all this time in the house of the woman she was looking for ? |
| 6 | If she 'd been staying on the boat for any length of time it would have been necessary to find somewhere to go for a shower or a bath , but it did n't look as if that particular problem would arise . |
| 7 | If she 'd been pretending to be busy before , she really was busy now . |
| 8 | she only has a biscuit , sometimes she 'll bring scones or cake or , if she 'd been baking |
| 9 | Josie 's hand slid from around her as if she 'd been holding nothing more substantial than a wisp of smoke . |
| 10 | It was as if she 'd been calling on a dead line to an empty building . |
| 11 | She 'd felt as if she 'd been fighting with Guy Sterne all her life ! |
| 12 | ‘ Thank you for the meal , ’ she said , and her voice sounded breathless as if she 'd been running . |
| 13 | Her face and neck felt as if she 'd been sitting in the heat of an oven . |
| 14 | And there was something about him , an aura of confidence and power , as he stood there facing her across the bonnet of the Mini that told her that even if she 'd been driving a tank there was no way in the world he would have let her go past . |
| 15 | as if she 'd been waiting outside for a convenient pause in their conversation , the vaporeuse knocked on the door and opened it . |
| 16 | The strong fingers peeling the nightshirt upwards , the exploring hunger of the hard mouth on her stomach , her breasts , her lips , it felt as if she 'd been waiting for ever for these feelings … |
| 17 | ‘ Mum says he should have looked first , Dad says if she 'd been keeping an eye on him he would have been fine . |
| 18 | Evidence from police and forensic officers said Mrs Prescott looked as if she 'd been sewing the hem of a curtain , when she was shot at close range in the back of the head . |
| 19 | Right leg bent double , knee red from impact , a scatter of dark soil across her calf , as if she had been trying to run even as she fell . |
| 20 | Rachel 's heart skipped a beat at her first sight of him and if she had been trying to delude herself that David had asked her along purely for the sake of her new friends she was forced to dismiss it as his gaze met hers . |
| 21 | If she had been speaking to a school friend she would have called Brian Daddy but this was not acceptable to Jasper . |
| 22 | It looked at first as if she had been drinking blood . |
| 23 | She shook her head as if she had been swimming , and complete consciousness came back to her . |
| 24 | I wondered if she had been watching our fight . |
| 25 | If she had been listening she would n't have learned much from the brief courtesy call from CI5 HQ . |
| 26 | Sophie 's voice dipped in disappointment , as if she had been hoping for a graphic account of overturned furniture and blood on the walls . |
| 27 | And romance — although ideally , if she had been advising him as a florist , she would have suggested roses instead of the more exotic lilies and orchids he had chosen . |
| 28 | Cecilia would have been very surprised indeed if she had been wearing anything but jeans and a sweater or T-shirt , and she was not . |
| 29 | This point was developed in Traynor v Donovan [ 1978 ] CLY 2612 , where the court refused to make any reduction because the plaintiff 's injuries would have been just as severe , but of a different nature , if she had been wearing a seat belt . |
| 30 | Gina went down the stairs feeling as if she had been reading someone 's letters , or had been forced to eavesdrop on a conversation she did n't want to hear . |