Example sentences of "if [pers pn] have been [prep] " in BNC.

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1 If I 'd been of your chosen few ,
2 If I 'd been at school I think I 'd have wanted to leave at Easter .
3 I really enjoyed having a tutor and I learned more than if I 'd been at school .
4 Erm and at that ti but other than that , mind you I su I suppose that if , if I 'd been at home I should have probably been expected to be in , but I do n't think I should have been locked out .
5 " I feel worn out , much more than I would if I 'd been for miles on the moor .
6 He asked me if I 'd been to Eton , but seemed more or less satisfied when I told him I was educated at Cheltenham Ladies ’ College .
7 When she 'd calmed down she asked me if I 'd been to the doctors , and we made arrangements for her to take me down .
8 If I 'd been on my feet .
9 ‘ To be honest if I 'd been on my own I would n't have gone ahead with it , ’ says Avril .
10 much time if I , If I 'd been on my own .
11 If I 'd been in your shoes I 'd have walked right out on him . ’
12 If I 'd been in cold sobriety I would never have married her .
13 And if I 'd been in his skin , and seen the power in Dawn 's beak and feet , I do n't think I 'd have done anything either .
14 Elsie B graced me with a long chat which made me feel as if I 'd been in the presence of royalty , though I suspect not too many members of the Royal Family are at their desk as early as Elsie .
15 If I 'd been in Bill 's position I , or if we 'd had been in Bill 's position , we 'd have done the same as well .
16 " If I 'd been in the political arena I 'd have shouted .
17 I think if I 'd been in a Western country I would have had a lot more comeback …
18 I can just hear your voice answering the phone , as if I 've been to the shop for some ciggies and I 'm back late .
19 I ca n't remember if I 've been in bathroom and picked them up , Steve 's getting a sod with him getting bath every night
20 If I had been of the view , which I am not , that it was open to the rule making authority , whether by accident or design , in any way to remove powers which the Act has given to the court , I should still have been of opinion that the judge had the powers which he clearly wished to have .
21 If I had been on my own I probably would not have done it . ’
22 I probably would not have done as well if I had been at work .
23 If I had been at my gun , I would have been dissected .
24 Asked why it had taken him 26 years to return , he said : ‘ I was n't invited till last year — though if I had been before perestroika , I would have thought not twice but 10 times about it , and I 'm not sure I would have come . ’
25 But he said : ‘ Even if I had been in Austria longer , I would still be able to defend myself against the outrageous charges of behaving like a war criminal — a charge made against no one else . ’
26 If she 'd been at home and beset by devils like this , she would most likely have gone for a walk .
27 I think she thought I was crying at firs , I think I might have been , but then she started laughing too , with her face all twisted to one side as if she 'd been to the dentist , and she kept gasping and saying , " Ooh , it hurts !
28 If she 'd been on 4AD , she 'd be given the same amount of attention as the Muses , Pixies or Breeders .
29 If she 'd been in the kid 's place , she 'd have run off by now and left them all to it .
30 She appeared to have been holding a makeshift icepack to the side of her head and a couple of the cubes had skidded out of reach and begun to melt , almost as if she 'd been in too much of a hurry to stretch over for them .
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