Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] had n't [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I had n't been pregnant I would have been sent back to Bullwood , but they have n't got a mother and baby unit there , though in those days Styal was only for women over twenty-one , apart from the pregnant borstal girls . |
| 2 | I had the feeling that if I had n't been present he might have risked uttering a few words to Millie . |
| 3 | If I had n't been such a coward maybe they might have turned out better . ’ |
| 4 | If I had n't been weak and without hope I should have quarrelled with almost everything Syl said . |
| 5 | If I had n't been rigid with shock , I might have found it ironic . |
| 6 | if I had n't been stuck in the office all day , if I could of been out and about somewhere it would of been even nicer |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Bogie would n't have married me if I had n't been prepared to agree not to follow my career . |
| 9 | If she had n't been well , perhaps , for some time , and had lost interest in the garden , and wanted to get the cottage done over for sale or letting , then she might have told them to go ? ’ |
| 10 | Maybe she had achieved her present position because she was a woman breaking into a man 's world , but she would n't have survived or been so successful if she had n't been good at her job . |
| 11 | If she had n't been due at her craft class at eleven that morning she would have called back later , but as that was n't possible she 'd phone . |
| 12 | They would n't have got married if she had n't been pregnant , so the baby has done something good . |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Jenny was nine , and even if she had n't been adventurous she would probably have fallen in the river anyway , because there was nothing much to do at Dale End but get into mischief . |
| 16 | It was as if she had n't been aware of the girl 's presence , but she said , ‘ Stay where you are , child . |
| 17 | He always felt honoured to have been chosen , because if she had n't been comfortable with him she would have worked him out of the job long ago with little finesse . |
| 18 | ‘ If you had n't been asleep all this time , you 'd know that we are nearly there . ’ |
| 19 | If you had n't been consistent in laying them out like this , then you ca n't so quite confidently go round , go round erasing large chunks of the spreadsheet . |
| 20 | What I mean is , that what I have to say to you , I would n't say if you had n't been one of the family . |
| 21 | Well , you know , if you had n't been quick and run into me he could have caught up with you . |
| 22 | How might life have been different if you had n't been afraid ? |
| 23 | If you had n't been next door here , you 'd never have known . " |
| 24 | Similarly , if you had n't been lucky in the market , one lucky bet could send you home the richer by a season 's takings , if you could spot an outsider . |
| 25 | ‘ He 'd have killed her if there had n't been any blood . |
| 26 | Rune 's tone was bland , his expression suggesting that if it had n't been impolite he would have challenged her rash assertion . |
| 27 | it would n't of been put in if it had n't been accurate at the time |
| 28 | She said , ‘ Oh , I see , ’ as if it had n't been obvious to her that the photograph was old . |
| 29 | Nenna knew that , if it had n't been disloyal , Richard would have appealed to her to do or say something . |
| 30 | Besides , if he had n't been selfish , hard , ambitious , he would n't be where he is . ’ |