Example sentences of "if [pers pn] have been [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 If I 'd been working at home today I should have put on my old skirt and my old pullover , so as to have something comfortably rough and worn around me .
2 I 'd have seen it if I 'd been coming down the stairs instead of in the lift .
3 And that was the only part I did n't care for , because if I 'd been arriving at a lot of conclusions that were wrong , then I could be wrong about this too .
4 " Lord , I feel as if I 've been living with this case for ever ! "
5 I know times I get it , like maybe just at one side , if I 've been sitting in a hard seat
6 If I had been looking for a lover — I admit my husband 's fortunes were not at their brightest , and my friendship with the Philosopher was a little turbulent at that time — then I should not have chosen Gustave .
7 If I had been staying with you I …
8 It felt as if I had been living in a room with closed curtains , and all of a sudden its windows had been thrown open and the sun had come bursting in .
9 If I had been playing on my own my head would have dropped off by now .
10 I feel as if I have been wandering through this forest for an eternity , and it is some days since I have found anything to eat .
11 If I have been fishing to the north of Fetlar , I sometimes take the ‘ inner route ’ back , a rather tortuous passage through the reefs and islets where navigation has to be pretty precise to avoid hitting hidden rocks .
12 This might sound , to Albert , as if she 'd been looking for him .
13 If she 'd been staying on the boat for any length of time it would have been necessary to find somewhere to go for a shower or a bath , but it did n't look as if that particular problem would arise .
14 If she 'd been pretending to be busy before , she really was busy now .
15 It was as if she 'd been calling on a dead line to an empty building .
16 She 'd felt as if she 'd been fighting with Guy Sterne all her life !
17 Her face and neck felt as if she 'd been sitting in the heat of an oven .
18 The strong fingers peeling the nightshirt upwards , the exploring hunger of the hard mouth on her stomach , her breasts , her lips , it felt as if she 'd been waiting for ever for these feelings …
19 If she had been speaking to a school friend she would have called Brian Daddy but this was not acceptable to Jasper .
20 Sophie 's voice dipped in disappointment , as if she had been hoping for a graphic account of overturned furniture and blood on the walls .
21 She crouched forward in the chair , her muscles stiff , as if she had been sitting in the cold for a long time .
22 If she had been tingling at all , it had been from fury .
23 It felt as if she had been travelling for days instead of only one , on and off , and she arrived as dusk was falling .
24 My daughter thought no more of it than if she had been talking about the delivery of a letter because in her world the fax , like the video recorder , the personal computer and the microwave oven , has always been around .
25 It was as if she had been waiting for him for all these years .
26 It was as if she had been waiting for this moment for four years or more .
27 The experts say that for a woman over about 40 , SERPS is definitely going to be better , and if she has been paying into a contracted out PP scheme up to that time , she should change over then .
28 You would not have reached your present stage if you had been lacking in ability .
29 You will also receive half your husband 's graduated pension and all of his additional pension if he contributed to SERPS , so long as this would not take your pension above the maximum you could have had if you had been earning at the upper earnings limit throughout .
30 I will I would say that if you had been speaking to me on the phone , and this is not a criticism of John it 's just a an observation , you would n't be here .
  Next page