Example sentences of "if she [verb] be [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she 'd been stopped in a car with this level of alcohol in her , she would have lost her licence for a year at least and got a hefty fine . |
| 2 | If she 'd been born on time this party would n't have happened until Christmas . |
| 3 | A second , searing stroke made her gasp for breath , as fire exploded in her backside as if she 'd been hit by a ball of lightning . |
| 4 | She was trapped , as helpless as if she 'd been bound in chains . |
| 5 | She felt as if she 'd been dipped in slime . |
| 6 | Zambia felt as if SHe 'd been punched in the gut . |
| 7 | And was it any wonder she 'd fled , if she 'd been subjected to the same bullying and threats by an earlier generation of de Rocheforts ? |
| 8 | It seemed as bright as day out on the newly-laid forecourt and it was as if she 'd been caught by the lights , trapped and dazed like a rabbit on a long country road . |
| 9 | When she finally reached the scribbling engine , she felt as if she had been broken in two and glued back together again all wrong . |
| 10 | She slipped off the edge of the bed as if she had been injected with new life . |
| 11 | Round him , she was talkative in order to provoke him into replying , and the attempt made her a habitual confessor , though she would have been amazed if she had been charged with talking about herself all the time . |
| 12 | And it looked as if she had been stabbed with a weapon that had a central rib ; the wound gaped quite a bit in the middle . |
| 13 | She felt as if she had been kicked in the stomach . |
| 14 | Yet she had timed her appearance so exactly that it seemed as if she had been forewarned of the train 's arrival . |
| 15 | If she had had any talent , if she had been born in another period and perhaps if her spirit had been lodged in the body of a man , she might just have been heroic . |
| 16 | Breeze sat as if she had been turned to stone . |
| 17 | There is also the question whether she made a decision which was limited in duration and to which she would not have adhered if she had been alerted to dangers of a refusal to accept blood transfusions or similar blood-based treatment . |
| 18 | But her jaw had locked , as if she had been bitten by an animal that kills its prey by robbing it of the ability to eat or hunt , pant or lick , or even howl . |
| 19 | She probably would have done if she had been left to her own devices ! |
| 20 | Her sleep was black and absolute , as if she had been dropped into a bottomless pit . |
| 21 | She felt as if she had been woken from a deep sleep and was conscious of pulling her mind back , painfully , as if it had been a kite out there , held to her by only a string . |
| 22 | Yet the DSS was paying for the place and she could have shopped around if she had been provided with the help to do this . |
| 23 | But it is appropriate to ask whether the brutal attack on her would have happened if she had been armed with the kind of baton the Home Secretary has banned . |
| 24 | Yesterday the Merseyside Police Federation Chairman , George Crichton , said that PC Harrison would have been better able to defend herself if she had been armed with an American-style side handled baton . |
| 25 | Perhaps if she had been seized by orthodox kidnappers , demanding millions of pounds in ransom , it would have been different . |
| 26 | If she had been married to Francis , Mary might have had a harder time for he was a consummate bed player . |
| 27 | The Arguments continue along much the same agile lines with singer Juliette bounding around as if she 's been plugged into the national grid . |
| 28 | The Arguments continue along much the same agile lines with singer Juliette bounding around as if she 's been plugged into the national grid . |
| 29 | Alternatively , if she has been employed by you for a continuous period of at least five calendar years into the qualifying week for 8 hours or more each week , then she is also eligible . |
| 30 | This involves stimulating a female cat that is on heat with a glass rod , so that her body is fooled into reacting as if she has been mated by a tom-cat . |