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

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1 I 've often puzzled over whether , if I 'd been given guidance , would I have chosen differently ?
2 I do n't think I could have handled it if I 'd been given a sentence .
3 if I 'd been given the choice , erm you know if they 'd said you know okay you 're next , you going I 'd have said no thanks , send somebody else , but er
4 I feel as if I 've been given knock-out drops .
5 I always know if I 've been given the wrong change
6 But if I had been given the chance when I was younger I might easily have made a mistake and gone for good looks and he might have turned out to be Old Nick to live with .
7 It was as if she 'd been given a glimpse of paradise , and then had it barred to her forever .
8 She was just wondering if she 'd been given the wrong one when she realised that the door was n't locked .
9 If she 'd been given a test she could have been treated .
10 Then she kissed Auntie Lou on the cheek and said , ‘ Thank you , oh I do thank you , ’ and Auntie Lou smiled and blushed as if she had been given a present .
11 Mrs Grandison chose ham and salad , thinking sadly of the splendid sirloin , for she had decided that it would have been that if she had been given the choice .
12 It 's as if you had been given not one vote , but a fifth of a vote .
13 Yes , I see , yes er , I said , I could have said if you had been given a hundred thousand pounds how , or fifty thousand pounds how would you invest it ?
14 If you 've been given a voucher because you have a low income , the value of your voucher may be reduced .
15 So if you 'd been given a free choice , you would n't have given your sweets to your brother , would you ?
16 What else could you do if you 'd been given no further guidance ?
17 Would you have voted in favour of the sale of the house if you 'd been given the chance .
18 IF you have been giving you house plants a summer airing in the garden , it is now time to bring them in again .
19 They erm they tend to perhaps have a different attitude if they 've been given company shares , because they 're handled shares er fairly regularly , and that 's a different matter , erm I mean erm are there many people here who have privatized issues ?
20 ‘ If the prints were undated or if they had been given younger dates most experts would probably accept them as have made by Homo , ’ said Russell Tuttle from the University of Chicago who has recently analysed casts of the footprints at the invitation of Mary Leakey .
21 With a view toward facilitating the use of electronic bills of lading , the Law Commissions recommended that the Secretary of State be empowered to ‘ make provision by regulations for information given by means other than in writing to be of equivalent force and effect as if it had been given in writing . ’
22 Should the elective resolution cease to have effect , if the authority has lasted for 5 years or more before the election it expires forthwith : otherwise it has effect as if it had been given for a fixed period of 5 years .
23 I would not have minded the motion tonight quite so much if it had been given an honest title , such as the General Election ( Clearing the Decks ) Motion , or whatever title the Leader of the House wanted to give it .
24 In the first place , it will be transferred only if it has been given previously to a candidate of higher preference now elected with a surplus or eliminated .
25 If anything he was able to go about his duties as if he had been given carte blanche .
26 At this distance it is impossible to tell if Gert could have made more of his early life if he had been given the chance to make use of the ‘ creative ability ’ spotted early on by one of his helpers .
27 A former member of his Household , reviewing the collapse of the Wales 's marriage , sincerely believes that he would have remained single if he had been given the choice .
28 A few days ago , some hooligan or other walked into our bedroom , mine and Jane 's — and lifted " Suddenly , as the thought struck him , he jerked back in his chair , as if he had been given a minor electric shock , and stared at Alice , his jaw literally dropping .
29 When the film used some footage of his wife moving about the cottage , he felt as if he had been given a reprieve .
30 And says if he 'd been given his own psychiatric nurse … he would never have jumped off the train .
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