Example sentences of "if i have been [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 If I 'd been seen popping in and out of Ramillies Drive , tongues would inevitably have begun to wag .
2 Instinctively , I reacted as if I 'd been hit .
3 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 .
4 I popped in to see what the form was , and to find out if I 'd been fired as a house-sitter .
5 By then large drops were falling all around me , another landing on my wig and one splashing on my shoulder , making me jump as if I 'd been prodded with a therm-knife .
6 It would have worked too , if I 'd been supported . ’
7 I would have thought how stupid it was if I 'd been made do it .
8 I 've often puzzled over whether , if I 'd been given guidance , would I have chosen differently ?
9 I do n't think I could have handled it if I 'd been given a sentence .
10 if I 'd been given the choice , erm you know if they 'd said you know okay you 're next , you going I 'd have said no thanks , send somebody else , but er
11 I think that 's what I think , but I 'm not sure that if I 'd been born here I 'd be pleased to see me walking down the lane .
12 ‘ You sound as if I 'd been gone for a few hours and forgot to leave you a note . ’
13 That was nice of Nevil , he 'd provided me with a cover story — I was supposed to look as if I 'd been mugged .
14 If I 'd been trained in mind-reading rather than riot control , Dexter , I 'd tell you . ’
15 If I 'd been educated proper , I expect I 'd be able to talk more , ’ said Dolly , ‘ specially if I 'ad good looks and not just a sort of orphanage face .
16 Probably I could have done quite a bit better if I 'd been forced to work , because if I 'm not , I 'm not so bothered to do the work .
17 I often thought if I 'd been married to Finn and I 'd had a gun handy , I 'd 've widowed myself more than once . ’
18 Maybe if I 'd been encouraged then to find pleasure and personal fulfilment instead of pain and resentment I could manage to beat the under-11s on those final few metres .
19 And then again , if I 've been shut away in the Prison of Hostages , I expect I 've been away for quite a time .
20 I feel as if I 've been given knock-out drops .
21 I always know if I 've been given the wrong change
22 And , I suppose , if I 've been dethroned I must at some stage have been enthroned !
23 I feel as if I 've been whisked away to another world , ’ she breathed , her face radiant .
24 The party 's best-known candidate , Alessandra Mussolini , the Duce 's grand-daughter , said yesterday : ‘ I 'm very happy for the MSI , even if I still do n't know if I 've been elected ’ .
25 ‘ Carrington , I must admit I never much believed in any of this malarkey , but it looks as if I 've been proved wrong .
26 It could have been different if I had been accepted for the Forces , but this way I mean to make Marion my wife and I hope … well … well ’ — he jerked his head upwards — ‘ I may as well say it , that if I have a son , or for second best , a daughter , to carry on here .
27 If I had been asked at Christmas whether my home waters of Chew and Blagdon would be full by opening day , the answer would have been an emphatic no .
28 If I had been asked to decorate a flat to reflect McIllvanney 's character then I would have given him an East Belfast bar with sawdust scattered on the floor , King Billy strutting on the walls , and blood splattered across its tobacco-stained ceiling .
29 I felt as if I had been hit .
30 This seems strange to me now because I feel sure that if I had been presented with the image of the glass coffin when I was well into the depressive phase of anorexia , I should have recognised it instantly .
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