Example sentences of "if he 'd be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he 'd jumped to his feet as if he 'd been bitten by a snake , shouting , ‘ You 're a virgin ! |
| 2 | ‘ You do n't know who he is , but last night in the pub you asked Mr Hatton if he 'd been seeing much of McCloy lately . |
| 3 | If he 'd been in Eden , he would have probably left apple cores strewn all around the garden . |
| 4 | ‘ If he 'd been he 'd been wearing one , he might have had an open casket . ’ |
| 5 | Jane mentioned a typewriter , paper , carbon — when asked for anything , Jim had a habit of drawing in his breath even more sharply , as if he 'd been wounded . |
| 6 | He wondered if he 'd been sensible to bring so much . |
| 7 | He had successfully stamped it out in his own country , and if he 'd been rather too hard on the jews at the same time , well why not ? |
| 8 | He sprang up at once and made for the door as if he 'd been propositioned by a dirty old man in a public convenience . |
| 9 | If he 'd been Irish , they would have paid his fare over . |
| 10 | If he 'd been following me he would have to have been close because I had gone straight to the camera , and I would have heard him , even in the wind . |
| 11 | Even if he 'd been rushed straight to hospital , they might not have been able to save him . |
| 12 | If he 'd been an ordinary man , there would n't have been any problem . ’ |
| 13 | Hector was behind the door , as if he 'd been hiding there , painfully thin , still unshaven , a stained rag over his eyes . |
| 14 | So I suppose if he 'd been on the Road every day he 'd have won the Open ! |
| 15 | No , it would n't have surprised me if he 'd been at his easel while I was painting the town red ! |
| 16 | Ted was a child of the sixties , but he sounded as if he 'd been born in the Blitz . |
| 17 | He moved incredibly slowly , zombie-ish , as if he 'd been a patient in there since before the flood and they 'd finally decided to let him out for some fresh air . |
| 18 | If he 'd been told to find her , he 'd wait . |
| 19 | Edward was pale and she wondered if he 'd been eating pork crackling again which did n't agree with him , but he did n't seem sick . |
| 20 | If he 'd been on the train and had walked with the other racegoers towards the station , Filmer could have seen him through the window … and just the sight of him had caused the tensing of the neck muscles … and if Filmer had n't yet paid him for whatever … then he would come back to the train … |
| 21 | You would n't have spoken so if he 'd been alive , ’ Miss Phoebe protested . |
| 22 | If he 'd been convinced , he would 've been the first to nab the Cap'n . |
| 23 | as if he 'd been cut out of tin . |
| 24 | The sweat evenly distributed on his face , as if he 'd been greased . |
| 25 | ‘ Nathan ? ’ she called , and he called back , ‘ Yes ? ’ but there was no second call , and he turned round , and there was nobody there , not a sound , and he felt strange then , he felt as if he 'd been visited . |
| 26 | Asked if he 'd been her boyfriend for long . |
| 27 | He looked as if he 'd been Lying there on his stomach for quite a while . |
| 28 | Then , spontaneously , Changez pushed himself up and danced with them , lifting each foot ponderously from the floor like a performing elephant , and sticking his elbows out as if he 'd been asked , in a drama class , to be a flamingo . |
| 29 | Then , after apparently sorting everything out band-wise , Jeremy suddenly disappeared and we did n't know if he 'd been ‘ offed ’ , or what , given the uncertainty of Los Angeles . |
| 30 | I thought , if he 'd been the one arriving in my world instead of the other way around , he 'd have thought I was just as stupid ! |