Example sentences of "if they had lived " in BNC.
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| 1 | People have been counted as spending all of the last year of their lives in residential homes if they had lived in one for a year or more . |
| 2 | Miss Worthington often felt it would have been an unendurable sorrow to her parents if they had lived to witness the extent of the deterioration . |
| 3 | The governors of royal colonies , appointed by the king , were expected to maintain a rather dignified and aloof attitude and it was thought that they might find it hard to do this if they had lived in the colony as subordinates or as private citizens in the past . |
| 4 | It seemed , in fact , as if they had lived there all their lives long . |
| 5 | However , if they had lived with the deceased , an unmarried partner 's children from a previous marriage or relationship might be able to prove they were dependent and obtain provision from the estate . |