Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] [pron] had not been " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps if it had not been for the Shakoor Rana affair the TCCB might have handled this quietly and sensibly by issuing a non-committal statement and letting the fuss die down . |
| 2 | Perhaps if I had n't been a fool I would have been the dead girl in the road . ’ |
| 3 | Perhaps if he had not been created a cardinal deacon he would have stayed in Bologna longer . |
| 4 | Mildred would have been absolutely thrilled by it all if she had not been so terrified of the task ahead of her . |
| 5 | it would n't of been put in if it had n't been accurate at the time |
| 6 | Apparently because it had n't been done before … |
| 7 | It went against the grain with Hotspur to let such an illustrious company move south unchallenged into England , merely because they had not been intercepted in time to confront them on reasonably equal terms . |
| 8 | But he was already a fallen idol in Patricia 's eyes , all because he had not been able to deny himself a sentimental gesture before leaving . |
| 9 | The wench could not talk thus if she had not been her master 's bedfellow . |
| 10 | The complex of disparate elements comprising academic English was always unstable , though they might have stayed together longer if it had not been for the demands of the academic environment . |
| 11 | But another union blames bad management on Dowty 's part , and says Dowty Fuel Sytems would have shut down anyway if it had n't been sold . |
| 12 | It could have been turned away if we had n't been told . |
| 13 | Sarah and Terry had no alternative but she and John could have had months of courtship before he went away if it had not been for his stubbornness . |
| 14 | She 'd only pulled away because she knew what was happening was wrong , not because she had n't been enjoying it . |
| 15 | One disadvantage of warning colours is that they may attract killers who might have missed the prey animals altogether if they had not been so gaudy . |
| 16 | She would gladly have refused to go with him altogether if she had n't been so curious about the man . |
| 17 | They would n't have put that on if they had n't been on drugs ! |
| 18 | You 'd have had to work a lot harder if I had n't been around to help with those locks and cook your food , brew endless cups of coffee . |
| 19 | The women of America responded beyond his wildest dreams , but they may not have been quite so eager to help out if he had n't been blessed with such an abundance of sex appeal . |
| 20 | I , I , I love poking , but it 's so funny what you see , now if I had n't been poking , know that little bonsai tree ? |
| 21 | Now if I had n't been poking around that shop and in an |
| 22 | Faced with losses of £1,500,000 a week , chairman Nick Schele said the company would have closed by now if it had not been taken over by Ford . |
| 23 | ‘ Sir , ’ he said to the court , ‘ I would be a dead man by now if it had not been for this gentleman . ’ |
| 24 | After 1983 , the ‘ frontiers of the state ’ were , in this respect at least , rolled back as they had not been since 1945 . |
| 25 | Well if it had n't been al for all those hours and hours hold ups last time we went down I quite like travelling overnight . |
| 26 | See th history of the union is I mean er but er you know it 's a it 's a process is n't it in in a way the management have are probably really kicking themselves now for what 's happened you know I mean , their li latest statement is er , Well if there had n't been so much ou outside interference I 'm sure we 'd have been able to settle . |
| 27 | ‘ Or even if they had n't been well paid , ’ added Tealtaoich . |
| 28 | But even if he had not been separated from Alexei by duty , and leaving aside the connivance of Irina 's family , a gap would have existed between them . |
| 29 | But sometimes the expenditure will result in the plaintiff acquiring an asset of a type that he would have required even if he had not been disabled , although he would not have required one with the special attributes of the asset in question . |
| 30 | Even if he had n't been such a good-looking chap , he was , by any standards , the only eligible man around . |