Example sentences of "if you have been [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You would not have reached your present stage if you had been lacking in ability . |
| 2 | This counts as if you had been earning exactly the amount of the LEL . |
| 3 | You will also receive half your husband 's graduated pension and all of his additional pension if he contributed to SERPS , so long as this would not take your pension above the maximum you could have had if you had been earning at the upper earnings limit throughout . |
| 4 | Romano 's tone was coolly implacable , ‘ If you had been wearing a safety-line , there would have been no accident , ’ he added evenly , goading her temper even further . |
| 5 | It 's as if you had been given not one vote , but a fifth of a vote . |
| 6 | 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 ? |
| 7 | I will I would say that if you had been speaking to me on the phone , and this is not a criticism of John it 's just a an observation , you would n't be here . |
| 8 | If you had been making the movie on film , the term cut would have been taken literally because each piece of cine film is physically cut and spliced onto the next . |
| 9 | After all , if you had been hanged , drawn and quartered at a time when such deaths were not uncommon , you would not really want to feel either the physical pain or indeed the terror which must have accompanied it ! |
| 10 | The heel of the foot ( a good move if you 've been grabbed ) : lift your foot and look for your target |
| 11 | it 's as if you 've been anaesthetized ! |
| 12 | If you 've been lightening your hair for years , this is the time to rethink your shade . |
| 13 | And it 's been a fairly good evening if you 've been using public transport . |
| 14 | That 's probably the trouble if you 've been eating too much . |
| 15 | If you 've been drinking beer you can you ca n't smell beer on anybody else , can you ? |
| 16 | ‘ And you 're dirty and sloppy and you look as if you 've been dragged backwards through a hedge , the lot of you ! |
| 17 | what if you 've been treated unfairly ? |
| 18 | You move on , and thank you , and I 'm sorry if you 've been disturbed , and I 'm sorry about Demian , and I shall shed the deceptively comforting skin of this house , and all will be well , Larry , you shall see , the estate agent will save the day in the end . ’ |
| 19 | If you 've been thinking about taking out a subscription to the Royal Horticultural Society , now 's the time to do it . |
| 20 | If you 've been thinking about a career in hairdressing and need some professional advice without parting with any cash , the new video from Hair by Alan d may be just the answer . |
| 21 | If you 've been thinking of making domestic changes or improvements , but lacked the money or momentum to set the wheels of change in motion use today to make a start . |
| 22 | Except for it 's dead hot still if you 're not careful , if you 've been cooking it in the over or something |
| 23 | The argument that if you 've been born a tortoise , it is difficult to become a hare because some official insists , is flawed , though the imposing of fines must be done in a responsible manner and not by self-appointed officials with heavy-handed habits . |
| 24 | You look as if you 've been bickering with a volcano . ’ |
| 25 | And it says a , i , i it 's stating things here er if you 've been wanted operation a long time the N S H er N S H that is it , yes . |
| 26 | If you 've been given a voucher because you have a low income , the value of your voucher may be reduced . |
| 27 | And if you 've been watching BBC 's Masterchef series , the winning recipes are also in Good Food , on sale August 8 . |
| 28 | Do you think that the er it must be the war , the first world war , if you 've been watching Testament of Youth , Fear and Britain 's Testament of Youth , which I read years ago |
| 29 | Even if you 've been turned down elsewhere . |
| 30 | I also wonder how the system copes with changes to people 's incomes , er many people particularly in recession we heard that unemployment in Cambridge is now approaching ten percent and if you 've been turned down by the council , your council housing on your means test are you really going to go back to them at a time when you may be under a lot of stress with unemployment to have your circumstances reinvestigated , I very much doubt whether people do go back . |