Example sentences of "if [pron] [verb] been [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , do you honestly think the answer would have been the same if I 'd been Norman Ward Westerman or Lord Boddy ? ’ |
| 2 | If I 'd been fourteen years old I should have commanded one shilling , but being only twelve and a half I got sixpence . |
| 3 | Only then did she fully realise that if she had been five minutes later the watchers keeping a lookout for a stray boy might , tomorrow , have been hauling ashore the sodden body of Gus Hambro . |
| 4 | If you had been Chief Onlaf , in which order of importance would you have placed the seven requirements for a suitable village site ? |
| 5 | The driver seemed as concerned to show off his excessive acceleration as if we had been prospective buyers and he a salesman . |
| 6 | ‘ What if we had been bad people ? ’ they kept asking . |
| 7 | Listen , if there 'd been any fruit around I 'd have eaten it . |
| 8 | If there 'd been any evidence to link the death to anyone connected with the Jonquil the police would have found it by now . |
| 9 | No , not at all , no I if there 'd been any doubt then I would n't have played , but erm no doubt at all . |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | Yeah , could of been if there 'd been any Romans in Italy . |
| 12 | The reaction to the discovery , that it would mean that there would be no need of the Icelandic fishing grounds in future , makes it fairly certain that even if there had been accidental sightings of the New World before that date , no systematic attempts had been made to explore it further nor to exploit the resources of the Newfoundland Banks ( 45 , pp.214–16 ) . |
| 13 | Certainly with lower ability children doing oral work and class work that was true , Whether it would be so if there had been practical tasks associated with the French language is another question . |
| 14 | When I finally got through to Taff to enquire about what sort of night he had had , and if there had been many casualties during the barrage , his reply was rather matter of fact . |
| 15 | At 3:1 United were cruising again and the Manor Ground fans must have been thinking what could have been this season if there had been more games like this . |
| 16 | Incidentally the lesson would have been better if there had been more tape recorders in the school and if the tape had been ready at the right moment . |
| 17 | A petition organized by the Jewish people 's Council against Fascism and Anti-Semitism collected 77,000 signatures in two days ; it was felt that if there had been more time over a quarter of a million would have signed against Mosley 's proposed demonstration . |
| 18 | Things might have been different if there had been more consultation with industry people across the board . |
| 19 | Mick is convinced that if there had been more staff available the attack might never have happened . |
| 20 | If there had been less enthusiasm among the congregation for ufology , maybe they would have devised a public punishment for me . |
| 21 | The police officer agreed Anderson would have been charged at that stage if there had been sufficient evidence . |
| 22 | Then , just when I was wondering if there had been some mistake , a man came up full of apologies , ‘ I 'm so sorry , ’ he said . |
| 23 | I mean , even if there had been some war I did believe worth fighting , if I 'd been called up or something , I 'm a coward , I 'm just not physically capable . |
| 24 | Endemic to that problem , even if there had been some certainty about previous spends , is the unpredictability about future trends : ten unforeseen multi-handicapped users can throw budgets completely out of kilter . |
| 25 | I was particularly interested to hear if there had been any changes in the condition of skin , nails and hair . |
| 26 | He had kept on and on about those keys , although she had been deaf to his insistence ; he had come several miles to catch her at home and seize a chance to rifle her bag for them ; if there had been any purpose to the meeting at the Old Mitre it might have been to get the keys . |
| 27 | Nobody knew there were any in the loch but then we only got the one and it would not surprise me if he had not eaten all the others if there had been any others that is . |
| 28 | If there had been any apprehension involving the time taken to complete the recording , there is certainly none reflected in the finished product . |
| 29 | If there had been any chance ever of the rescues ' succeeding , that perception would have destroyed it . |
| 30 | But if there had been any doubt in my mind it would have been immediately resolved by my first breath of the crisp , tangy air . |