Example sentences of "if [noun prp] [vb past] been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Many of your countrymen — no , many of the Germans we have talked about — think Hitler would have stepped back if Churchill had been in power . |
| 2 | The break-up of the marriage was recorded as taking place in 1943 , ‘ due to the pressures and uncertainties of war ’ — as if Gerald had been at the very least a fighter ace or undercover agent . |
| 3 | Blanche asked if Blufton had been at the farewell party the night before . |
| 4 | If Dana had been with me , they would never have dared . |
| 5 | She parted her lips to tell him about Dana , then closed them again as a desperate plea from her twin made itself known as clearly as if Dana had been in the same room . |
| 6 | Every Street in the Gallowgate and the Calton had become a parking place for horses , hansom cabs , buses that could well have been the ‘ taxis of Waterloo' if Napoleon had been on our side , broughams with the seats held together by faith and carpet tacks , open coaches decorated with scraps of cloth and coloured paper , growling , fuming motor-cars … the invasion of the East End of Glasgow was total . |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't suppose I 'd have done so well if Maggie had been in charge ’ he was a Minister in the Wilson government . |
| 8 | If Jesus had been in your class for drama , who would he have chosen to work with in a pair ? |
| 9 | She rubbed at herself inneffectually and he had an impulse to do it for her ; if Oliver had been with them , he would have dried them both , enjoying the feel of their lively , vigorous little bodies , but on her own , without Oliver , she seemed too grown-up , not a child any more . |
| 10 | If Vecchi had been to the apartment and got what he wanted before killing Mahoney , there was no need for him to return for another look round . |
| 11 | Even if Robbie had been in the mood for laughter , it would have been a cynical mirth . |
| 12 | She knew as she waited for Reception to ring her back that it could well be , if Cara had been in touch with her parents , that she stood to come off the phone feeling worse than ever . |
| 13 | If Cullam had been in a fit state to observe behaviour he might have thought the chief inspector bored or preoccupied . |
| 14 | It would not have been so light a thing to her if Hotspur had been among those dour-faced lordlings clattering through the streets of Shrewsbury with their shame . |
| 15 | There is no doubt that if CCs had been on offer at the time , Bruin would probably have taken them all . |
| 16 | If John had been of the same family as Jesus , moreover , his ‘ seal of approval ’ would have carried the additional authority of a royal warrant . |
| 17 | If Puddephat had been at the flat in Paris on Friday evening , he could hardly have squeezed a trip to Germany in between . |
| 18 | Charles shivered as he thought what might have happened if Jacqui had been in the flat when her ‘ visitors ’ called that morning . |