Example sentences of "if [pers pn] had be [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | If it had been Rime Giants following us we would have had a more difficult time of it ; they enjoy such conditions . |
2 | Whereas if it had been standing room , we really would have been standing . |
3 | ‘ I 'd have been more excited if it had been Shirley Bassey , ’ Miss Horrocks , 28 , tells me . |
4 | If it had been Jamie Baird who was waiting for her in the drawing-room , would she have been so angry ? |
5 | Try to imagine , if you will , the ferocity of the reaction in the West if it had been Saddam Hussein who had poured napalm down on Kurdish villages three weeks ago ! |