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

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1 You would not have reached your present stage if you had been lacking in ability .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 If you 've been thinking about taking out a subscription to the Royal Horticultural Society , now 's the time to do it .
5 If you 've been thinking about a career in hairdressing and need some professional advice without parting with any cash , the new video from Hair by Alan d may be just the answer .
6 If you 've been thinking of making domestic changes or improvements , but lacked the money or momentum to set the wheels of change in motion use today to make a start .
7 You look as if you 've been bickering with a volcano . ’
8 ‘ I know a lady lawyer who can get you off , even if you 've been going round the shops buying poison , ’ he said .
9 Anyway , if you 've been talking to Betty you know who he is . ’
10 The staff say you always look as if you 've been sleeping in haystacks these days .
11 If you 've been gossiping about someone , go to those you gossiped to and try to restore the person 's reputation .
12 And over the years if you 've been working with the same partner
13 But surely to if you 've been working with your partner for a long time he 's gon na it anyway
14 ‘ For instance , if you 've been working towards getting a client somewhere to live and they get it and they come back to you and say ‘ Thanks ’ , that is simply amazing , ’ says Frances .
15 I mean , if you 'd been talking to him during the lesson he 'd say , well , if you want to talk about it , leave it till after the lesson .
16 So , you did so many miles per hour , we calculated , you would have done so many miles if you 'd been going for a full hour at that speed , so your dis your , your speed , velocity really but we 'll call it speed , right ?
17 If you 'd been working with this angle instead , we did n't know that and we 're trying to work with this one or we say we 're interested in this angle so that will be the opposite and this would be the adjacent .
18 If you have been hunting for the perfect diet for a very long time it will be difficult to stop , actually to believe that good weight control can be established without resorting to one special diet that you go on ( and then , and this is the snag , come off again ) .
19 If you have been saving under the Homeloan scheme for two years or more you may qualify for an extra £600 loan and a cash bonus of £110 , provided you buy a house or flat below a certain price limit for each region .
20 If you have been fiddling with the boot files a lot anyway , you should have no bother with this , and will be able to use the in-built editor to make any changes you want .
21 If you have been shooting with the help of autofocus , you should have few problems with regard to image sharpness .
22 If you have been working at extreme depth and then call a halt do n't block the holes up .
23 Conversely , if you have been papering over the cracks of a relationship these same eclipses will seek them out .
24 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 ?
25 If you have been attending to it for twenty four years , I came here into this church as a choir boy . ’
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