Example sentences of "[conj] [conj] i [vb past] [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You do me great honor in proposing me as your President , & if I did not feel that my acceptance of this favour would tend much to defeat the laudable object of your pursuit I should most certainly gratify my own ambition , & have the pleasure to preside at your meetings . |
| 2 | Except that I had n't seen him since he lay on his camp-bed and watched me sleeping naked with his beloved wife , the woman I 'd always characterized to him as ‘ sister ’ . |
| 3 | Of course … except that I had n't noticed this . |
| 4 | I lived for the six weeks almost as one of the Community except that I did not sleep at the Manor . |
| 5 | ‘ I left my home — I ruined my life , except that I did not know then that I was doing so ! — only because my par … |
| 6 | I imagine many a western pioneer got the same sort of surprise as I did when the bride eventually arrived ; except that I did n't marry the dog — there 's nothing peculiar about me . |
| 7 | Incidentally I was glad that although I did n't feel one hundred percent I was glad that I wandered round Liberties . |
| 8 | I wanted to light a cigarette , but more than that I wanted not to distract him ; his reaching back . |
| 9 | BELVILLE : It is still my opinion that if I had not discovered the parson as I did , you might have gone to a length that would have put your present situation out of both our powers . |
| 10 | The fact is that if I had n't taken part in the BBC television previews of the big event I would probably be riding my old friend Bonanza Boy . |
| 11 | I always had the feeling that if I had n't , she would have sat there all night . |
| 12 | But the harsh reality is that if I had n't been picked by England for the tour to India , I would have struggled to make ends meet this winter — I do n't know what I would have done . |
| 13 | I was not sensitive enough to realize that it was all my fault , and that if I had n't considered him common , he would n't have been so clumsy . |
| 14 | The Jewish family got back their papers and told me afterwards that if I had n't been there to see it , God knows what might have happened to them . |
| 15 | I guess that if I had n't taken up the trenchcoat and fedora to walk the alleyways of history as the greatest detective of them all , I might well have become a poet . |
| 16 | I had the feeling that if I had n't been present he might have risked uttering a few words to Millie . |
| 17 | ‘ I reckon that if I did n't have that cigarette first thing in the morning , I could last out and resist the rest of the day . |
| 18 | Anyway , she was very tired and said that if I did n't tell her she was going to go to sleep . |
| 19 | ‘ I explained that if I did n't start on something really tough , I would never have had the willpower to finish it off , ’ he says . |
| 20 | After an hour I realized that if I did n't go after her , I 'd never be a man . ’ |
| 21 | My gynaecologist suggested that if I did n't want a hysterectomy there were two other solutions — pills or laser treatment to burn away the excess tissue . |
| 22 | But I knew that it was no massive dental operation in progress but that the sluice itself was blocked by leaves , that the water going into the pipe which fed the turbine was at a minimum and that if I did n't get up and deal with the problem the turbine would shut down and the melin would be pretty cold in the morning . |
| 23 | I thought that if I did n't get out I might end up being thrown out . |
| 24 | ‘ I realised that if I did n't do something really quickly perhaps I would n't be able to . |
| 25 | He then pointed to his forehead , growling that if I did n't have anything up there then I could n't be a singer . |
| 26 | ‘ On returning , I mentioned to Ronnie that if I did n't know better — having miscarried only five weeks before — I 'd think I was pregnant , ’ remembers Allison . |
| 27 | From " If you want them , there are biscuits " it does not follow that if there are none , you do n't want any , and from " I could have if I chose to " it does not follow that if I did n't choose to do the thing , I was n't able to do it . |
| 28 | A profoundly deaf therapist said : ‘ I do feel that if I did n't have this type of job where I 'm meeting different people every day I would withdraw very quickly into myself . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I used to think sometimes that if I did n't have a proper night 's sleep I 'd never be able to work again . |
| 30 | He said that if I did n't do it he 'd stop me having baths or going out in the cellar . |