Example sentences of "if he had not be " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | If he had not been with them , he would have gone through that town quite safely . |
| 3 | Further research revealed that in 1414/15 an Andrew Forshey had been chosen as one of two men to represent the borough in parliament , and it seemed sensible to hazard that a man of this standing would have held property in the area , for he would have been unlikely to have been elected by his fellow bailiffs , with the assent of the whole community , if he had not been of substantial material worth . |
| 4 | Rufus stubbed out his second cigarette , put the paper into his briefcase and slung over his shoulders the marvellous black leather coat from Beltrami he had bought in Florence , which would have made him look like a gangster if he had not been so fair and ruddy-faced and with such blue , English eyes . |
| 5 | He was careful to exchange addresses and telephone numbers and , if he had not been so short of funds , would have suggested buying her a drink at the Ritz , outside which they were both standing . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Her beautiful face would have persuaded most men , including Troy if he had not been married to her , but he no longer loved her enough to agree to anything she wanted . |
| 8 | But even if he had not been separated from Alexei by duty , and leaving aside the connivance of Irina 's family , a gap would have existed between them . |
| 9 | He had normal hearing all his life and would have been unaware of deaf people if he had not been " adopted " as a young orphan by the Rev J Jennings , a deaf mute minister and founder of the South London Gospel Mission to the Deaf and Dumb . |
| 10 | If he had not been so taken aback , he might have suggested a different venue . |
| 11 | Devoid of animation , lacking the divine spirit of life , if he had not been a priest she would have thought the expression petulant , the top lip folded over the lower one in resentment and self-pity . |
| 12 | Still , if he had not been called away he would have been up here , no doubt , demanding to see progress . |
| 13 | Perhaps if he had not been created a cardinal deacon he would have stayed in Bologna longer . |
| 14 | If he had not been there , none of it would have happened , but because he was there , she had to retain control . |
| 15 | If he had not been called away it would have been done by now . |
| 16 | The damages will be based on the amount the employee would or could have otherwise earned and the benefits he would have otherwise received during the unexpired term of his contract if he had not been dismissed . |
| 17 | In order to give effect to the original intention of the Directive , the House of Lords held that the Regulations should be construed purposively and read as if after the words " immediately before the transfer " the following words were added " or would have been so employed at the time of the transfer if he had not been unfairly dismissed in the circumstances described in reg 8(1) " , ( ie for a reason in connection with the transfer ) . |
| 18 | But sometimes the expenditure will result in the plaintiff acquiring an asset of a type that he would have required even if he had not been disabled , although he would not have required one with the special attributes of the asset in question . |
| 19 | For each tax year the net earnings after tax that would have been received by the plaintiff if he had not been injured should be calculated , and from this net figure should be deducted the net earnings that the plaintiff has in fact received : the difference is the plaintiff 's loss during the tax year . |