Example sentences of "[subord] he [verb] n't been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Besides , if he had n't been selfish , hard , ambitious , he would n't be where he is . ’ |
| 2 | Even if he had n't been such a good-looking chap , he was , by any standards , the only eligible man around . |
| 3 | If he had n't been such a lousy husband I might not have got myself in so deep … ’ |
| 4 | There was always that about Mario , that if he had n't been one hell of a racing driver , you still would have wanted to talk to him ; and that , although he was one hell of a racing driver , you still preferred to talk to him about other matters . |
| 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 | 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 , |
| 8 | So the bedrooms and they 're not too bad because he has n't been able to do anything in the bedrooms the bedrooms are alright except that over the lintels in most of the bedrooms the plaster is is not right , it 's it 's flaking in great lumps and rippling and cracked something to do with the |