Example sentences of "had i [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had I been called upon to exercise my discretion , I would have given particular consideration to the great disturbance that I have found the residents suffer . |
| 2 | It was pleasant but had I been blindfolded I would not have been able to tell the difference from its cheaper , non-organic counterpart . |
| 3 | Had I been sent for much earlier I would have tried to turn the baby — but now … it 's too late . |
| 4 | Had I been born in the Middle Ages , I knew that I would have been one of those retainers who stayed inside the castle and embroidered whilst the knights went off to slaughter the French . |
| 5 | Understandable had I been writing this in August , but as it is still March it looks as if we are in for another drought this summer . |
| 6 | Had I been asked to imagine myself as I would have looked during that time , you can be sure that I would have had the beautiful gown , the ruffled frill and the bejewelled fingers of a lady . |
| 7 | ‘ I am the mother of a spastic child but had I been told before his birth that my son would be handicapped I would have asked for an abortion . |
| 8 | Had I been told at his birth that he was not ‘ normal ’ I would probably have hoped he would have died before being taken home from hospital . |
| 9 | But even had I been told something of the nature of their relationship , I am not sure that I would have understood or believed , or felt betrayed . |
| 10 | Had I been running ? |
| 11 | How long had I been doing this without a break ? |
| 12 | Even more revealing , had I been asking the questions now ( the year of the miners ' strike ) , would have been the reaction to this one , suggested by Griffiths and Howson . |
| 13 | I can honestly say now I do not feel I have subsequently ever lost a race I would have won had I been allowed to use the whip . ’ |
| 14 | Had I been allowed to puddle around on my own , people today might curl their lips at Faldo 's approach . |
| 15 | How long had I been driving about ? |
| 16 | Had I been infected by my owl ? |
| 17 | I had I 'm getting that way tomorrow night ! |
| 18 | ‘ I tell thee I ai n't got a bleedin' farthing and even if I had I 'm expected to be working . |