Example sentences of "[pron] had n't [be] so [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wished later that I had n't been so shy . |
| 2 | If I had n't been so besotted and obsessed to the point of madness I 'd have called the whole thing off ! ’ |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | She would gladly have refused to go with him altogether if she had n't been so curious about the man . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | If she had n't been so irritable and on edge , Camille might have been flattered by this notion . |
| 9 | If she had n't been so upset , it would almost have been funny . |
| 10 | Several times she 'd caught him staring at her with a warm , smiling expression in his brown eyes , and if she had n't been so sensible it would have made her feel quite wobbly . |
| 11 | She might have been amused if she had n't been so annoyed . |
| 12 | She had n't been so lucky . |
| 13 | The Empress had ordered her to do whatever was necessary in order to leave with fitzAlan , and if she had n't been so angry and confused that she had forgotten the threat to Edmund she would have complied . |
| 14 | Which you would have done in the first place , Lowell thought , if you had n't been so sure that Rose was here . |
| 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 | You could have made it too , if you had n't been so stupid . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ If you had n't been so nasty , ’ she went on , ignoring his cold rebuttal , ‘ I 'd probably have gathered everything up . |
| 18 | If you had n't been so boring in the pub I would n't have left in such a temper ! ’ |
| 19 | She looked at the insignificant scorch marks on its cover and said , ‘ This would n't have been necessary if you had n't been so cagey with me . |
| 20 | I wonder how he would have responded if you had n't been so angry/polite/upset by the loss of your children ? " |
| 21 | There had n't been so much of that though the last few years . |
| 22 | See th history of the union is I mean er but er you know it 's a it 's a process is n't it in in a way the management have are probably really kicking themselves now for what 's happened you know I mean , their li latest statement is er , Well if there had n't been so much ou outside interference I 'm sure we 'd have been able to settle . |
| 23 | If they had n't been so excitable , they 'd have been as free as birds right now . |
| 24 | 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 |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Or maybe it had n't been so pathetic . |
| 27 | The relief on Joe 's face would have been comic if it had n't been so worrying . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 ! |
| 30 | A living death , it had seemed to him and Jim , but maybe it had n't been so bad . |