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 . |