Example sentences of "if he [verb] not been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Besides , if he had n't been selfish , hard , ambitious , he would n't be where he is . ’ |
| 2 | Even if he had n't been such a good-looking chap , he was , by any standards , the only eligible man around . |
| 3 | If he had n't been such a lousy husband I might not have got myself in so deep … ’ |
| 4 | There was always that about Mario , that if he had n't been one hell of a racing driver , you still would have wanted to talk to him ; and that , although he was one hell of a racing driver , you still preferred to talk to him about other matters . |
| 5 | When that happened it meant he was drunk , sprawled out on the sofa if he had n't been able to reach the bed . |
| 6 | If he had n't been able to , it does n't bear thinking about . ’ |
| 7 | If he had not been halfway to sleep he would have noticed that far from washing the make-up from her face she had taken the trouble to apply the eye shadow and lip-stick that her mother sent her from Moscow . |
| 8 | He was a quiet baby , watchful , with a stillness about him which , if he had not been able to crawl and stand and almost walk , would have been a cause for concern . |
| 9 | If the general practitioner pronounces the patient fit enough , he may be able to start driving a car again , although he may need to retake a driving test if he has not been able to drive for several months . |