Example sentences of "if [pers pn] have been [v-ing] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know times I get it , like maybe just at one side , if I 've been sitting in a hard seat |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Her face and neck felt as if she 'd been sitting in the heat of an oven . |
| 4 | She crouched forward in the chair , her muscles stiff , as if she had been sitting in the cold for a long time . |
| 5 | You would not have reached your present stage if you had been lacking in ability . |
| 6 | The staff say you always look as if you 've been sleeping in haystacks these days . |
| 7 | Why not get used to doing this stretch throughout the day — especially if you have been sitting in the same position for any length of time ? |
| 8 | The former concept had a crucial historical advantage at the birth of mechanics ; Western thinkers approaching things as materials which stay put until the craftsman or builder reaches for them , would not have started trying to measure how the inert is moved by external forces if they had been thinking in terms of inherently active ch'i . |
| 9 | The fans absolutely loved him and would throng the terraces to witness his extrovert pre-match warm-up sessions , in which he entertained and even amused the supporters before returning to the dressing-room as mud-stained and soiled as if he had been playing in a game . |
| 10 | He would have posed the same question if he had been sitting in her position . |
| 11 | You do n't know , I mean he could of gone if he 'd been lying in a chair wa watching the |