Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [verb] n't been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | as if I had n't been through enough today , I 've just been dubbed your plaything of the week — ’ |
| 2 | It 's been hell shut up in that cottage with two women who would both have braved the weather to come up here to see how you were if I had n't been on hand to stop them . ’ |
| 3 | If I had n't been in that bar at that time , perhaps all this would have happened to somebody else . |
| 4 | It really smells like I have n't been near a bath for a month . |
| 5 | I 've been cos I have n't been to the R A F club for ages there . |
| 6 | Well , I do n't know cos I have n't been to any meetings for months , not |
| 7 | Cos I have n't been for two years since I 've been to that one ! |
| 8 | cos I have n't been for about a month , three weeks . |
| 9 | That 's right yes and erm it was all er , now it is more , more mechanized , but still , they 're still , I do n't know whether they still do it cos I have n't been around Squires I do n't know whether they 'd do casting now , I have n't been down around for years and years , when I erm when I left and then I went into the leather trade and er started to learn leather cutting |
| 10 | If she had n't been with him she 'd have been here before now . |
| 11 | ‘ I could have plugged the pilot if you had n't been in the way . ’ |
| 12 | Mind you , it could have been cheaper if you had n't been in such a hurry . |
| 13 | If you had n't been in such a foul temper — ’ |
| 14 | If you have n't been to Greece before , Corfu is the perfect place to start . |
| 15 | Right , yeah so erm you know I mean that 's probably the best thing to do if you try and , try and at least keep up to date with the rest of this term and er you know not er make sure , even if you have n't been to a class at least you know what went , went on there from somebody |
| 16 | ‘ Though if you have n't been in the business yourself it does upset the others . |
| 17 | If you have n't been in touch recently then do contact your GP and health visitor and discuss possibilities with them . |
| 18 | And , if you have n't been in a car before the driver drives , so you can give me what you owe . |
| 19 | That 'll be nice cos we have n't been for a bit have we ? |
| 20 | They would n't have put that on if they had n't been on drugs ! |
| 21 | If it had n't been for the Yeti , I 'd never have met Malcolm McLaren or Johnie Rotten . |
| 22 | If it had n't been for me they 'd never have nicked any guitars and there would have been no group . |
| 23 | If it had n't been for you , after my fall … . ’ |
| 24 | It 's Sir Ralph Halpern 's view that if it had n't been for the current worldwide recession , many more outside brands would have been introduced to the UK market . |
| 25 | If it had n't been for Arthur Billstock , I would probably have taken the same road as Mark . |
| 26 | ‘ If it had n't been for Home Rule in the South , would Ulster have been ruled by Presbyterians in Belfast ? ’ |
| 27 | I might have travelled at almost eight thousand inches an hour if it had n't been for the stops . |
| 28 | ‘ If it had n't been for her courage and fortitude in going out there and taking on the role of investigator , private detective and motivator , those files would still be closed and the police would just have an unsolved case of a missing person . ’ |
| 29 | I would have died too if it had n't been for that telegraph pole . ’ |
| 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 . |