Example sentences of "if there have been " in BNC.

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1 Any new drug in Britain is , every year the G P who 's prescribing that for you gets a letter from a centre down in Southampton to ask if there 've been any adverse reactions .
2 If there 've been a whole series of articles articles about health or about food or something like that , no way are they going to do anything else on the subject , unless it 's , it 's brought in a very fierce readers ' letters column or something like that , in which case they may be open for another slant .
3 I wanted to ask if she had died peacefully , whether they had used a syringe driver , if there 'd been anyone to comfort her .
4 If the three arrows had all had flights … if there 'd been no wind …
5 If there 'd been any more trouble , we would just have drawn our staffs and knocked all hell out of them .
6 It was grey , and strangely motionless , as if there 'd been a sudden rush of concrete to his head ,
7 And suddenly the air seemed deadened , as if there 'd been an explosion .
8 Listen , if there 'd been any fruit around I 'd have eaten it .
9 If there 'd been the least sign of magical activity we 'd know about it . ’
10 There would have been a terrific scandal if there 'd been anyone present to have a scandal around .
11 For seven years they 'd lived apart — Adam in Wickrithe with Gran , herself in Coniston with Aunt Sarah and Uncle Nick — but now that she was back in Wickrithe , helping Gran with her bed-and-breakfast business for the summer , it was as if there 'd been no break .
12 He would n't have minded so much if there 'd been a rise somewhere along the line — a moment of triumph , no matter how brief — but he 'd gone from children 's programmes to women 's programmes to the Devil in one slow , unspectacular but continuous slide .
13 This was the first time they 'd been out together since the alleged phone-calls , and if there 'd been any more since then she had n't mentioned it .
14 Now if there 'd been I do n't know the length of this or something .
15 ‘ Well , that 's exactly what you 'd get if there 'd been a big explosion with everything starting out from the same place .
16 ‘ That 'll be nice , ’ Martha replied , as if there 'd been no earlier ruction .
17 It makes you more mine than if there 'd been others or if your marriage had been real . "
18 If there 'd been any evidence to link the death to anyone connected with the Jonquil the police would have found it by now .
19 If there 'd been a fight , then I must have won it .
20 I do n't deny I hoped it was Dysart she was planning to ruin — I wondered if there 'd been a lovers ’ tiff — but she let nothing slip .
21 Er , would have been nice if there 'd been a rock or something for one of them to break over .
22 If there 'd been room , I 'd have liked to print a ring of 18 mutants around the central tree .
23 If there 'd been a way to avoid this mess , we 're experienced enough in the business to have spotted it ! ’
24 Tell him that if there 'd been any chemistry between us at all , I would have married you years ago and if he had any bloody sense he 'd do it now — in fact , forget it , I 'll tell him myself . ’
25 It 's only just been serviced so I would have had something to say if there 'd been a problem .
26 If there 'd been a trail of destruction down the road , then fair enough , but
27 It 's different it 's , they 're damp it 's different if there 'd been a hole and the water was coming in .
28 Yeah , could of been if there 'd been any Romans in Italy .
29 If there 'd been a much
30 So that in that sense the fundamental orientation is likely to change even less erm than one , than might have been the case if there 'd been a more radical change .
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