Example sentences of "had [pron] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why then had nothing been done to change this long-standing nonsense ? |
| 2 | But it became obvious on the next pitch that even had I been so inspired we would not have progressed much further . |
| 3 | ‘ Fortunately I was strong , but had I been weak , I might have given in . |
| 4 | He denied angrily that he had ever sought compensation of up to £1m ‘ although this has been a very expensive operation ’ , adding : ‘ I could have proceeded had I been totally selfish for there were several options on the table , financially very attractive . ’ |
| 5 | How long had I been driving about ? |
| 6 | Where had I been to ? |
| 7 | It was pleasant but had I been blindfolded I would not have been able to tell the difference from its cheaper , non-organic counterpart . |
| 8 | Never since the war began had I been so happy . |
| 9 | ‘ I am the mother of a spastic child but had I been told before his birth that my son would be handicapped I would have asked for an abortion . |
| 10 | Had I been told at his birth that he was not ‘ normal ’ I would probably have hoped he would have died before being taken home from hospital . |
| 11 | Had I been in a vehicle I could have gone back , but on foot it was not worth risking the wasted energy . |
| 12 | Had I been a little less successful in catching chub or , worse , met with a complete blank , then Heaven knows if I would have continued specimen hunting . |
| 13 | Understandable had I been writing this in August , but as it is still March it looks as if we are in for another drought this summer . |
| 14 | Had I been Victor Kiam , I would have flogged off the shavers and bought the company . |
| 15 | Had I been asked to imagine myself as I would have looked during that time , you can be sure that I would have had the beautiful gown , the ruffled frill and the bejewelled fingers of a lady . |
| 16 | Had I been a few feet nearer the bomb I should have been blown to pieces — had I been a few feet further away I should have been cut to pieces by shrapnel . |
| 17 | Had I been a few feet nearer the bomb I should have been blown to pieces — had I been a few feet further away I should have been cut to pieces by shrapnel . |
| 18 | Had I been an IRA man , I could have pulled out my little Luger and shot him dead — a thought so unnerving that the next day I wrote to his private secretary to suggest improved security . |
| 19 | ‘ Had I been big enough at the time , I would have beaten his ass but I was n't . |
| 20 | Crossing again to the fireplace , I gazed at it with awe , and had I been of a religious bent I would have fallen on my knees and prayed that the water would meet Nigel 's requirements so that on winter evenings , when we were doing our Darby and Joan bit , we could sit and worship the spirit of the fire , the hearth , the very essence of our home . |
| 21 | Where had I been before that ? |
| 22 | Had I been infected by my owl ? |
| 23 | ‘ Had I been in a civilian occupation , ’ he wrote , ‘ I should not have hesitated to pay the full amount . ’ |
| 24 | Had I been at Spithead , I should certainly have joined the mutineers . |
| 25 | Had I been born in the Middle Ages , I knew that I would have been one of those retainers who stayed inside the castle and embroidered whilst the knights went off to slaughter the French . |
| 26 | Probably had I been there at the point of commissioning I would not have chosen that story . |
| 27 | But even had I been told something of the nature of their relationship , I am not sure that I would have understood or believed , or felt betrayed . |
| 28 | Where had I been ? |
| 29 | Had I been called upon to exercise my discretion , I would have given particular consideration to the great disturbance that I have found the residents suffer . |
| 30 | Had I been a father in my early twenties I would have been dreadful because there were so many things I still wanted to do . ’ |