Example sentences of "[pers pn] have n't [been] so [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It had n't been so wet earlier , when Benny had left for her first day at college . |
| 32 | If it had n't been so quiet , it could have been Paddington station during a commuter cull . |
| 33 | Might have been summer if it had n't been so cold . |
| 34 | He had n't been so pleased to see someone in all his life . |
| 35 | Wished he had n't been so damn scared that she 'd turn him down . |
| 36 | On the other hand , if he had n't been so keen on interfering there would not have been any tension because she would not have been here or even in France at all . |
| 37 | If he had n't been so hasty in consoling himself with Lexy , she would have rushed ahead with her usual blind enthusiasm , forgetting all the lessons her broken engagement had taught her . |
| 38 | There was love in that sofa , I said to George , love for which the Morrisons would have paid a fortune if he had n't been so prissy . |