Example sentences of "if [pron] [verb] [adv] been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I should not be alive today if I had ever been guilty of complacency or carelessness , ’ he said . |
| 2 | If she 'd ever been awake . |
| 3 | How would he have reacted if she had really been ill ? |
| 4 | She chewed the pencil , swallowing splinters ; what could she tell Mrs Rundle , who was now ( if she had ever been much more than ) a stranger , living at a distance , forgetting them , putting them into her past , memories packed with other memories in her bulging handbag ? |
| 5 | ‘ It 's not as if she 's ever been any different , ’ she said . |
| 6 | you know if you 've ever been stuck in this you know you 've got an appointment somewhere you know the the frustration 's incredible . |
| 7 | But if you 'd also been able to identify me then they would certainly have initiated an investigation . |
| 8 | If you have never been involved in any of the activities listed above then DO N'T … |
| 9 | If you have never been successful , you never will be |
| 10 | ‘ There she is ! ’ cried her father , as if there had ever been any doubt about her arrival . |
| 11 | If there had ever been any chance that the Whigs might lose the support of the great mass of the population , the poor , the unpropertied , the emergent working class , that possibility had now gone . |
| 12 | He might add that , if there had ever been any prospect that the class war would provide its movement , that prospect had patently disappeared except , ironically , in those eastern European countries bound to submit to Russian supervision . |
| 13 | The charge was such an obvious frame-up that he had to ask himself if there had ever been any intention to try him on it . |
| 14 | If there had only been some way they could have gone in the doors of University College together and come home on the bus each night , or better still got a flat together , life would have been perfect . |
| 15 | The table was bare again , as if there had never been good food and wine . |
| 16 | He came , towards the end of the nineties , to believe that there are erm there must be things which are in the strictest possible sense non-mental , and which would be what they were , even if there had never been any minds that were conscious of them . |
| 17 | Right , we , we , we did actually draw , or we not draw , we , we adopted a constitution during the year and the officers that are erm elected are the Chair , the Secretary and the Treasurer , erm and other , together with other such officers , yeah to determine by general meeting , erm , so it 's really only those three , er and we have sometimes had Advice Chair if there 's only been one Chairman have n't we , one Chair person erm so I think people need to say if they do n't wish to carry on the jobs they 're doing and if anybody wishes to nominate anyone in a particular post then slip at the bottom of the minutes could be filled in and either brought to meeting or sent back to the Secretary . |
| 18 | When they recovered , there was no destruction of the heart , lungs and they could go back and work , a young person , as if they 'd never been ill . |
| 19 | Strange that he should seem so familiar to her now ; as if they had always been close . |
| 20 | It is almost as if they had never been wild elephants — but only the day before yesterday , they were . |
| 21 | None of your so-called friends look as if they have exactly been renowned for their brains , do they ? ’ |
| 22 | Civilian witnesses are notoriously unwilling to assist unless pressed , particularly if they have already been obliged to give evidence in criminal proceedings . |
| 23 | Ask if they have ever been frightened at school and what frightened or upset them . |
| 24 | They will need space and comfort , perhaps a garden if they have always been used to one and enjoy gardening , and , above all , they will need a property that gives them some self esteem and security . |
| 25 | She noticed that his hair had scissor marks in it , as if it had just been dry cut . |
| 26 | Her hatred — if it had even been that — had turned out to be as intensely personal as her love and an intrinsic part of it , Maria acknowledged privately . |
| 27 | If it had only been possible to hold the conference without him ! |
| 28 | If it had ever been necessary he could just as happily have switched sides . |
| 29 | I put my arm across his shoulders , and as he leaned against me for a moment and sobbed I wondered if he had ever been able to cry like this — like a little boy with somebody to comfort him . |
| 30 | When Leith was not mutinying against him , she was alternately engaged — while still producing a fair output of work — in wondering if he had really been serious about taking her to Parkwood to meet Travis 's parents this weekend . |