Example sentences of "if [pron] had [adv] been able " in BNC.
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| 1 | What , really , has it done for Daisy — if I had not been able to help materially ? |
| 2 | But I can assure you that I would n't have lasted five minutes in what , by any standards , is a very tricky and difficult market if I had n't been able to cope with the work . |
| 3 | And if she had n't been able to judge this from their dress , she would have from their voices as , one following the other , they said , ‘ Good evening . ’ |
| 4 | She always said she could n't have gone to Brownies at all if she had n't been able to cycle , for the distance was too far for her to walk , and there was no bus . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 8 | I put my arm across his shoulders , and as he leaned against me for a moment and sobbed I wondered if he had ever been able to cry like this — like a little boy with somebody to comfort him . |