Example sentences of "that if it have [been] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Would he have said that if it had been 0–0 ? ’ asked some hard-bitten locals pertinently .
2 But I think that if it had been , the horses should have been showing distress by last night , which they were n't .
3 But Mortimer said that if it had been him he would have hit the roof . ’
4 No material was found , and the Home Office insisted that if it had been it would not have been made public .
5 Earlier Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke admitted that if it had been his decision in 1953 he would have reprieved 19-year-old Bentley from the gallows .
6 She had this thing that if it had been a Nigerian boy , the mother would be here saying " I 'm sorry my son has got your daughter pregnant .
7 Grandmother used to say that if it had been possible to take their personalities and shake them together a bit it would have been better for both of them .
8 She wished more than anything that she could say yes , or at least explain that if it had been left to her she would have come with all the will in the world , but there was her mother .
9 Their Lordships said that if it had been saleable only at a ‘ throw away ’ price , that would indicate that it was not of merchantable quality .
10 It was n't suggested to Mr when he gave evidence that there was another man at the flat that night , I am told that if it had been his answer would have been an unequivocal no .
11 Ghandi , I think , in the early eighties epitomised , to a large degree , and attitude of concern about erm violence , and I think that in some large measure the sort of recognition that it gained , particularly in the awards and so on , had a lot to do with its subject matter as against it 's actual execution , and I think that if it had been at another time , or if the subject matter had n't been erm quite as powerful as that old genius 's life was , I do n't think it would have won the awards .
12 ‘ It seems that the establishment thinking is that if it 's been done for 175 years , it must be all right .
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