Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] it have [adv] been " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ For my part I believe the African Jesus would have won if it had not been for the Dark Host . |
| 2 | sparkling and looked like it had n't been touched , and I could n't believe it . |
| 3 | ‘ At Doncaster the buffet was closed , the waiting room looked like it had n't been cleaned for three months , the staff locked themselves in a room and every time we heard an engine and dashed out it was pulling coal wagons . ’ |
| 4 | Stan might truly have forgotten if it had not been for the crash of the falling chair . |
| 5 | Sleep would have come if it had not been for Hugh 's tossing and moaning . |
| 6 | Sleep would have come if it had not been for Hugh 's tossing and moaning . |
| 7 | O. imprudens is included because it has not been figured satisfactorily and as bathyal species its distribution may extend to 1000 m . |
| 8 | Many attempts have been made in the House to reform the private Bill procedure and many of them have collapsed because it has always been easier for a private measure to be introduced . |
| 9 | So you do n't know whether it had just been built and |
| 10 | You see , Woodrow Wilson was dead , Bullitt had access to a lot of private material that er , perhaps there 's still , I do n't know whether it 's ever been published . |
| 11 | He spoke honestly , but more harshly than he would have done if it had n't been for the pain he carried . |
| 12 | When I was feeling really low , I could have quit if it had n't been for everyone who 'd been following me , and that comes down to everyone here at the schools . |
| 13 | There was n't a great deal else to remember because it had all been pretty damn straightforward . |
| 14 | This plant exports the chips to Japan for processing but the scheme to replace the original forest with plantation to sustain the plant indefinitely has foundered because it has not been demonstrated that timber-growing is a worthwhile economic activity that does not threaten ownership of the land . |
| 15 | Fortune having smiled on them , and I mean if it had n't been for a lump of expanded foam out of one of the life boats that had blown up at , if it had n't come floating past me , I mean I would have been a goner as well , but I got hold of that . |
| 16 | They would n't exist if it had n't been for him . |
| 17 | Just as in-service education does not work if it has not been tailored to match the stage or condition of the teacher who is to benefit from it , so the manager can not manage unless the method and style of management are acceptable and unless its purposes have been first unravelled and then knitted together after consultation between the manager and the manager 's colleagues . |
| 18 | And I 'll tell you somethin' else : your mother would n't have died if it had n't been for that man . ’ |
| 19 | This month David Savage discusses the importance of mistakes within the workshop , and looks at a finish he would otherwise not now use if it had n't been for a disaster |
| 20 | He is bound to say this , indeed , for if we considered only the positive consequences of an action , and not those which would have occurred if it had not been done , one could not count in the suffering which an action prevented in its favour , which would be absurd . |
| 21 | It had been an uncomfortable and disturbing sensation and he was still wondering whether it had n't been only the incense , the spring evening , and nostalgia for his boyhood . |
| 22 | ‘ As far as actually ‘ working out ’ is concerned , I 've been doing a lot this year , but not since rehearsals began because it 's just been so crazed . |
| 23 | I do n't know how I 'd 've coped if it had n't been for my mum . |
| 24 | And I would n't have if it had n't been for my mother … |
| 25 | Erm the caravan sites act nineteen sixty eight er , paragraph fifteen did actually , I think address the provision government sites quite well , or it would have if it had actually been properly implemented in that there was a carrot and stick , there was stick or requirement |
| 26 | I doubt if it had ever been correctly swung , and even our little hand-compass was more accurate . |
| 27 | However none of these exhibitions could have happened if it had n't been for the groundbreaking work carried out by Lubaina Himid since the late 70s . |
| 28 | None of it would have happened if it had n't been for the dog . |
| 29 | I think the officers really are to be congratulated , and erm , one ca n't sort of guess what could have happened if it had n't been so professional , but I suspect the fact that we won , what we 've won , is a result of the professionalism of our and I really would like to congratulate |
| 30 | ‘ I just wonder whether it has all been a waste of time . ’ |