Example sentences of "if [pron] [vb past] be [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I 'd been educated proper , I expect I 'd be able to talk more , ’ said Dolly , ‘ specially if I 'ad good looks and not just a sort of orphanage face . |
| 2 | And she knew that if she had been made welcome from the start , she would still want to be with them , in spite of this comparative luxury . |
| 3 | if you 'd been buried alive you think |
| 4 | Always the money that had not arrived , always the arrears of pay causing disaffection , and even if they had been sent substantial tallies on regional treasuries or port taxation officers , still the endless complaint that the money simply was not there to meet the bills . |
| 5 | If they had been found guilty , they could have gone to jail . |
| 6 | Lawton ended the conversation saying he would be back ‘ tomorrow ’ [ Friday ] to see if it had been put right . |
| 7 | He could remember the first time that he 'd stepped outside into country darkness and closed the door behind him ; it was as if he 'd been struck blind with the click of the latch , and he 'd begun to panic at his inability even to tell which way was up . |