Example sentences of "had n't [been] so [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The relief on Joe 's face would have been comic if it had n't been so worrying . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | If they had n't been so excitable , they 'd have been as free as birds right now . |
| 4 | If she had n't been so upset , it would almost have been funny . |
| 5 | ‘ All he needs is someone to take care of him , ’ she would always say of Seth , but lately she had n't been so sure . |
| 6 | Which you would have done in the first place , Lowell thought , if you had n't been so sure that Rose was here . |
| 7 | He had n't been so pleased to see someone in all his life . |
| 8 | It seemed unlikely that anyone would choose to live in this out-of-the-way place without some form of transport — if she had n't been so nervous , that would have occurred to her earlier , she thought wryly . |
| 9 | If Marie had n't been so desperate to escape from that room , she would n't have suggested taking Bella out in her wheelchair . |
| 10 | For a while , there , he 'd as good as haunted the place in the late afternoons … but then the van had broken down and getting into town had n't been so easy , and besides the restaurant had become so damned busy that he 'd become just another face in an ever-changing crowd . |
| 11 | Apparently his escape from the rout of Winchester had n't been so easy . |
| 12 | ‘ If you had n't been so nasty , ’ she went on , ignoring his cold rebuttal , ‘ I 'd probably have gathered everything up . |
| 13 | Wished he had n't been so damn scared that she 'd turn him down . |
| 14 | If Dire Straits had n't been so successful , would you have carried on as a circuit band , or would you have gone back to teaching or journalism ? |
| 15 | ‘ If you had n't been so awkward about it I doubt if that constable would even have taken my name and address . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Travis carried her outside , then back to bed when she called , handling her with a care that would have made her feel cherished if it had n't been so impersonal . |
| 18 | She would gladly have refused to go with him altogether if she had n't been so curious about the man . |
| 19 | If she had n't been so irritable and on edge , Camille might have been flattered by this notion . |
| 20 | I think the officers really are to be congratulated , and erm , one ca n't sort of guess what could have happened if it had n't been so professional , but I suspect the fact that we won , what we 've won , is a result of the professionalism of our and I really would like to congratulate |
| 21 | ‘ She had very serious abdominal wounds and one doctor told me she would have died if she had n't been so young and healthy , ’ said Mr Kelly . |
| 22 | I wished later that I had n't been so shy . |
| 23 | You could have made it too , if you had n't been so stupid . ’ |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | If you had n't been so boring in the pub I would n't have left in such a temper ! ’ |
| 26 | Or maybe it had n't been so pathetic . |
| 27 | She knew it was best , but she could n't help wondering what would have happened if she had n't been so proud on Christmas Day . |
| 28 | If it had n't been so awful it would have been almost comical , the thought that Luke Calder had been virtually accused of kerb-crawling ! |
| 29 | The first person she met when she walked through the backstage door was Josh , and , if the situation had n't been so terrible , his expression — which somehow managed to combine outrage , amazement and sheer blessed relief — would have been positively comical . |
| 30 | Might have been summer if it had n't been so cold . |