Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [not/n't] [been] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But none of these principles could have been exploited or pursued in the ways in which they were had there not been tacit approval and support on the part of the state .
2 It could not have done so had there not been considerable lack of confidence in these other analgesics and the 80 or so non-steroidal anti-inflammatories use to treat arthritis .
3 I returned to London and the Prime Minister made clear what I had always known , that , had he not been stricken down , he would have made a speech on the Saturday at Blackpool saying that he was going on .
4 Summer would have given way to autumn imperceptibly , had it not been that autumn was the hunting season , and hunting the very purpose of the region .
5 Have you not been well Jo ?
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