Example sentences of "if it [verb] n't [been] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rune 's tone was bland , his expression suggesting that if it had n't been impolite he would have challenged her rash assertion . |
| 2 | it would n't of been put in if it had n't been accurate at the time |
| 3 | She said , ‘ Oh , I see , ’ as if it had n't been obvious to her that the photograph was old . |
| 4 | Nenna knew that , if it had n't been disloyal , Richard would have appealed to her to do or say something . |
| 5 | They only ever come around to yours when the sink 's full of washing-up , there 's a pile of dirty washing on the kitchen floor , the sitting room looks as if it has n't been Hoovered for a month , there are empty Smarties packets down the sides of the chairs , toast crumbs all over the tables , cobwebs in the corner and you 've run out of coffee . |
| 6 | Mossad is different , but it 's fair to assume that if it has n't been able to put someone into Iraq to kill Saddam , then it 's next to impossible to do so . |