Example sentences of "if they have [adv] been " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the books we 've got should be , if they 've not been moved , up on Row V , shelf sixty-nine . |
| 2 | What 's the point of being aggressive with somebody when they 're gon na walk away feeling as if they 've just been walked all over , so you 've still got the same situation you 've got one person walking away feeling a little bit fed up and the other person not so if you talk about assertiveness in terms of aggression and in terms of submission i.e. there 's going to be a winner and there 's going to be a loser depending which way round you look at it then you still have n't quite grasped what we mean by assertiveness . |
| 3 | but , sort of like er , erm its like so , some of those paintings of the wraps and beautiful boat , they look as if they 've just been photographed , they looked as if they 're a photograph not a oil , oil painting . |
| 4 | Yeah , it looks as if they 've just been sort of put in in a heap |
| 5 | And , and how do people find out about you if they 've perhaps been through psychiatric illness ? |
| 6 | Children should always wash their hands before handling food , particularly if they 've recently been in contact with pets . |
| 7 | That and the fact that new players who have come in looked as if they 've always been there . ’ |
| 8 | as if they 've ever been left behind as regards the treatment of black people ! |
| 9 | If they 'd only been a few inches longer ; or perhaps if his upper body was n't so big then his legs would n't be so noticeable . |
| 10 | They lifted their heads from the stones and squinted , as if they 'd only been half aware of interlopers . |
| 11 | Their painted eyes seemed to be full of a malignant resentment , as if they 'd once been living horses that had been turned to wood by an enchantment . |
| 12 | For this one date they were supported by the Billy Harper Trio with Peter Stuart and Adrian Tilbrook on bass and drums and they fitted in as if they 'd all been on tour together . |
| 13 | But Patsy and Tim wanted a few simple cupboards painted white , made to look as if they 'd always been there . |
| 14 | as if they 'd never been . |
| 15 | She was unmaking all her day 's work , making love with him as if they 'd never been together before . |
| 16 | When they recovered , there was no destruction of the heart , lungs and they could go back and work , a young person , as if they 'd never been ill . |
| 17 | He looked slightly past them as if they had already been and gone . |
| 18 | A Scottish Office official responded that the list of potential sites had been published and local authorities were being asked to deal with any development proposals as if they had already been designated as SPAs . |
| 19 | But then again , not really , if they had n't been THAT close all along anyway . |
| 20 | They would n't have put that on if they had n't been on drugs ! |
| 21 | If they had n't been so excitable , they 'd have been as free as birds right now . |
| 22 | But if they had n't been there , if they had been different kinds of men erm , I do n't think I would have been able to pick someone to be my husband or my partner who could be a decent father to my kids . |
| 23 | ‘ Or even if they had n't been well paid , ’ added Tealtaoich . |
| 24 | ‘ It would have failed as a joke if they had n't been , would n't it ? ’ |
| 25 | She says that if they had n't been woken they would both be dead . |
| 26 | ‘ Middlesbrough Library came up with a decade of the Annual Register from 1790–1800 , which was wonderful , ’ she said , adding that they were so dirty it looked as if they had n't been touched since that date . |
| 27 | Would either of them have avoided bypass surgery if they had not been top athletes ? |
| 28 | One disadvantage of warning colours is that they may attract killers who might have missed the prey animals altogether if they had not been so gaudy . |
| 29 | If they had not been attacked , why not ? |
| 30 | With all his theological subtlety and insight into human behaviour he accepted the common views of the time in attributing to the saints in Heaven a concern for their worldly rights which , if they had not been part of an eternal order of the universe , would have disgraced a schoolboy . |