Example sentences of "[vb past] i been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had I been at Spithead , I should certainly have joined the mutineers . |
| 2 | And I suppose it might have been serious had I been at Low Birk Hatt on my own with no help when that virus struck me down . |
| 3 | Crossing again to the fireplace , I gazed at it with awe , and had I been of a religious bent I would have fallen on my knees and prayed that the water would meet Nigel 's requirements so that on winter evenings , when we were doing our Darby and Joan bit , we could sit and worship the spirit of the fire , the hearth , the very essence of our home . |
| 4 | Where had I been to ? |
| 5 | Where had I been before that ? |
| 6 | Had I been in a vehicle I could have gone back , but on foot it was not worth risking the wasted energy . |
| 7 | ‘ Had I been in a civilian occupation , ’ he wrote , ‘ I should not have hesitated to pay the full amount . ’ |
| 8 | Had I been in contact with officials of other governments ? |
| 9 | Of course I would have enjoyed the occasion much more had I been in better shape , but in the event it all went better than I had dared hope even if I was near to passing out at times . |
| 10 | ‘ And whatever the way of it , had I been in the Lord Owen 's place , with my chief enemy thus presented naked into my hand , I doubt if I could have resisted the temptation . |
| 11 | I was met by a very respectful group of Gordon Highlanders when I visted Aberdeen recently , when I said that I would have been on the line as well had I been in their position . |