Example sentences of "if she have been [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This might sound , to Albert , as if she 'd been looking for him . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | If she 'd been pretending to be busy before , she really was busy now . |
| 4 | It was as if she 'd been calling on a dead line to an empty building . |
| 5 | She 'd felt as if she 'd been fighting with Guy Sterne all her life ! |
| 6 | Her face and neck felt as if she 'd been sitting in the heat of an oven . |
| 7 | 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 … |
| 8 | If she had been speaking to a school friend she would have called Brian Daddy but this was not acceptable to Jasper . |
| 9 | Sophie 's voice dipped in disappointment , as if she had been hoping for a graphic account of overturned furniture and blood on the walls . |
| 10 | She crouched forward in the chair , her muscles stiff , as if she had been sitting in the cold for a long time . |
| 11 | If she had been tingling at all , it had been from fury . |
| 12 | It felt as if she had been travelling for days instead of only one , on and off , and she arrived as dusk was falling . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It was as if she had been waiting for him for all these years . |
| 15 | It was as if she had been waiting for this moment for four years or more . |
| 16 | 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 . |