Example sentences of "[vb pp] [subord] [pron] [verb] not been " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ For my part I believe the African Jesus would have won if it had not been for the Dark Host . |
| 2 | When they heard it the sepoys threw back their heads and uttered a howl so piercing , so harrowing that every window in the Residency must have dissolved if they had not been already broken . |
| 3 | I wonder how he would have responded if you had n't been so angry/polite/upset by the loss of your children ? " |
| 4 | sparkling and looked like it had n't been touched , and I could n't believe it . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 6 | Stan might truly have forgotten if it had not been for the crash of the falling chair . |
| 7 | Sleep would have come if it had not been for Hugh 's tossing and moaning . |
| 8 | Sleep would have come if it had not been for Hugh 's tossing and moaning . |
| 9 | O. imprudens is included because it has not been figured satisfactorily and as bathyal species its distribution may extend to 1000 m . |
| 10 | When forty-two railway-workers who defected from Syzran' station were put on trial , their sentence was alleviated because they had not been paid . |
| 11 | I mean , he would n't have noticed if he had n't been looking . |
| 12 | He spoke honestly , but more harshly than he would have done if it had n't been for the pain he carried . |
| 13 | When I was feeling really low , I could have quit if it had n't been for everyone who 'd been following me , and that comes down to everyone here at the schools . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , you 'd have had the lot pilfered if I had n't been guarding them and suffered the most ghastly discomfort in the process . |
| 15 | An employer must allow a woman who has complied with the statutory procedures to return to her original job on terms and conditions no less favourable than those which would have applied if she had not been absent . |
| 16 | This plant exports the chips to Japan for processing but the scheme to replace the original forest with plantation to sustain the plant indefinitely has foundered because it has not been demonstrated that timber-growing is a worthwhile economic activity that does not threaten ownership of the land . |
| 17 | Would you believe that he said I 've got to work on the aeroplane this week , I 've got the week off , I 've got to work on the aeroplane , I , you know , I shall be alright , down the airfield , er on the Wednesday he arrived to see how we were getting on , complaining like made because he had n't been able to find where the cottage was , I said but I 'd left you a detailed map , |
| 18 | Certainly I hope they take that into consideration when we do the er annual report and what we 've done because we have n't been half as active as what we have in the past , |
| 19 | The Tribunal concluded that S would not have been dismissed if she had not been pregnant . |
| 20 | And I 'll tell you somethin' else : your mother would n't have died if it had n't been for that man . ’ |
| 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 | He is bound to say this , indeed , for if we considered only the positive consequences of an action , and not those which would have occurred if it had not been done , one could not count in the suffering which an action prevented in its favour , which would be absurd . |
| 23 | I was getting hungry and frustrated because I had n't been able to enjoy any of it . |
| 24 | ‘ I have given 100pc but my play has been affected because I have not been mentally happy . ’ |
| 25 | They 've not capitulated because they 've not been prepared to fight , they 've capitulated because there was no coordinated er , organizations to pull them together . |
| 26 | I do n't know how I 'd 've coped if it had n't been for my mum . |
| 27 | It was a question Rain would have doubted if she had not been there to hear it . |
| 28 | The appointment of Mr Stevens was a classic case of promoting a man beyond his level of competence and could not have happened if there had not been deep distrust in official circles of people who know what they are talking about . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |