Example sentences of "if [pron] [verb] been [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you had been Chief Onlaf , in which order of importance would you have placed the seven requirements for a suitable village site ? |
| 2 | If there 'd been any evidence to link the death to anyone connected with the Jonquil the police would have found it by now . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Things might have been different if there had been more consultation with industry people across the board . |
| 8 | If there had been less enthusiasm among the congregation for ufology , maybe they would have devised a public punishment for me . |
| 9 | The police officer agreed Anderson would have been charged at that stage if there had been sufficient evidence . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | If there had been any apprehension involving the time taken to complete the recording , there is certainly none reflected in the finished product . |
| 15 | If there had been any chance ever of the rescues ' succeeding , that perception would have destroyed it . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | If there had been any money in the first place . |
| 18 | An important aim of the study was to see if there had been any growth in the use of temporary working in Britain in recent years . |
| 19 | Intriguing but unimportant differences were that the Earth spun much faster in those early days — so the days and nights were much shorter ; and the moon was much closer , so it would have appeared vast in the sky ( if there had been any creature to observe it ) and the tides would have been far more dramatic . |
| 20 | I pointed out that if there had been any counter demonstration effect would have been serious and very uncomfortable to both of us . |
| 21 | He expected Willie to ask if there had been any post but there was no response . |
| 22 | If there had been any danger from Quigley , it was headed off , once again , by Pikey , who dashed into a space by himself and , springing up and down like a goblin , started to shout , ‘ Hear the word of the Lord ! ’ at regular intervals . |
| 23 | At least , if there had been any dust it would have been sweeping it . |
| 24 | The second wave occurs at puberty when the young person looks for a sexual partner , and if there has been minimum conflict during the phallic phase this is of the opposite sex . |
| 25 | One aspect of this discretion relates to the time limit for making an application for judicial review under RSC Order 53 : s. 31(6) of the Supreme Court Act 1981 allows the court to refuse leave or to refuse relief if there has been undue delay in making the application and that the granting of relief would , amongst other things , be ‘ detrimental to good administration ’ . |
| 26 | In addition , bail may also be denied if the court thinks it necessary for the defendant 's own protection , if there has been insufficient time to enable the court to obtain enough information to reach a decision , or if the defendant has previously failed to answer to bail . |
| 27 | Matters of town planning , of course , and all local land charges that are exempt from registration are the same as in unregistered conveyancing , and if there has been any development of the property you 'll need to satisfy yourself before exchange that formal town planning and by-law permits will be handed over or inspected on completion . |
| 28 | If there has been any injustice , surely it should be the adults taken away and not the children . |
| 29 | Finally , we compare the findings of the 1984 survey with those of the 1983 and 1986 surveys to see if there has been any growth in temporary working over this period . |
| 30 | Children from Primary 3 upwards do have diaries to keep parents informed if there has been any homework set — but is rarely any until Primary 7 age . |