Example sentences of "[subord] it had [not/n't] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Jan. 16 the Central Commission on the Population and House Census announced the continuation of the census in areas where it had not been completed by Jan. 14 . |
| 2 | It is therefore very unlikely that the court would insist on an expert giving reasons where it had not been agreed beforehand that he would . |
| 3 | ‘ That , Chairman , is precisely my point , ’ although it had n't been to start with . |
| 4 | ‘ On the house , ’ he finished for her , although it had n't been what she was thinking . |
| 5 | So much so that , although it had not been mentioned at all in the advance publicity , it was given no fewer than 87 times that season and remained in the programmes for the next six seasons , by which time the company had danced it more often than any other work in their repertory except Les Sylphides and two of Ashton 's ballets , Façade and Les Rendezvous . |
| 6 | Supposing it had n't been an accident ? |
| 7 | sparkling and looked like it had n't been touched , and I could n't believe it . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 9 | If it had n't been for the Yeti , I 'd never have met Malcolm McLaren or Johnie Rotten . |
| 10 | If it had n't been for me they 'd never have nicked any guitars and there would have been no group . |
| 11 | If it had n't been for you , after my fall … . ’ |
| 12 | It 's Sir Ralph Halpern 's view that if it had n't been for the current worldwide recession , many more outside brands would have been introduced to the UK market . |
| 13 | If it had n't been a yorker I 'd have looked an absolute idiot , I would n't have been in the same street , let alone cricket ground . |
| 14 | If it had n't been for Arthur Billstock , I would probably have taken the same road as Mark . |
| 15 | ‘ If it had n't been for Home Rule in the South , would Ulster have been ruled by Presbyterians in Belfast ? ’ |
| 16 | I might have travelled at almost eight thousand inches an hour if it had n't been for the stops . |
| 17 | ‘ If it had n't been for her courage and fortitude in going out there and taking on the role of investigator , private detective and motivator , those files would still be closed and the police would just have an unsolved case of a missing person . ’ |
| 18 | She said , ‘ Oh , I see , ’ as if it had n't been obvious to her that the photograph was old . |
| 19 | I would have died too if it had n't been for that telegraph pole . ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | If it had n't been for him , I would have had a bad time because I hated school . ’ |
| 22 | If it had n't been for the canter Nails would not have been terribly keen for another lesson , but the canter had given him dreams above his station . |
| 23 | ‘ He would have been , ’ said Ruth , ‘ if it had n't been for Sarah . ’ |
| 24 | Fire-brigade or not , if it had n't been for your bright idea and splendid work and your friend 's race for help to the farmhouse the whole field would be ablaze , ’ said Farmer Olinton . |
| 25 | His wife , who was an invalid at the time , told the Sun ‘ If it had n't been for state benefit and my family , Jade and I would have starved . ’ |
| 26 | I do n't know how I 'd 've coped if it had n't been for my mum . |
| 27 | If it had n't been so hot , if there had been no row the night before , if Dennis had n't passed out , if I 'd fallen asleep , if any of the others had been there , if Karen had come back later , if she 'd gone straight to the pool rather than taken a shower , if any or all of these had been the case , then intercourse would not have occurred . |
| 28 | If it had n't been for Kurt I would have done . |
| 29 | If it had n't been for her fat friend , she would have overslept . |
| 30 | He spoke honestly , but more harshly than he would have done if it had n't been for the pain he carried . |