Example sentences of "[adj] if it had [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would n't be doing this if it had n't happened . |
| 2 | It was set in a triumphant smile , a smile that would have been smug if it had not been so full of the purest metaphysical good humour . |
| 3 | He would have felt nervous if it had n't been raining . |
| 4 | Part of it was my upbringing , of course , but I could easily have had a violent reaction away from that if it had n't been for the inhibiting atmosphere in the company itself . |
| 5 | Travis carried her outside , then back to bed when she called , handling her with a care that would have made her feel cherished if it had n't been so impersonal . |
| 6 | This public assertion of my childhood 's usefulness stands side by side with the painful personal knowledge , I think the knowledge of all of us , going as far back as the story lets us , that it would have been better if it had n't happened that way , had n't happened at all . |
| 7 | Would it have been better if it had not been a corner ball ? |
| 8 | There would n't have been an Opera House at all if it had n't been for Joseph F Warden , the actor manager who settled in Belfast in 1864 with his actress wife Jenny Bellair . |
| 9 | She would n't have sought her independence at all if it had n't been at such . |
| 10 | It would have made no difference at all if it had not been received until 11 . |
| 11 | Fifteen years … would have been ten if it had n't been a gun … poor creature … |
| 12 | The relief on Joe 's face would have been comic if it had n't been so worrying . |
| 13 | Coming after five years of war , when for the first time there did seem to be a tiny light at the end of the tunnel , these new rockets were almost too much for our overstretched nerves , although the situation would no doubt have been very much worse if it had not been for the times when both the RAF and the American Air Force had been out bombing Peenemunde and the other rocket sites . |
| 14 | That would have been comical if it had n't been so downright offensive . |
| 15 | Just for a moment their fingers touched , then broke apart as they both stepped back with a haste that would have been comical if it had n't been for the sudden surge of sensation that arced between them . |
| 16 | It would have been rather nice if it had n't just been a joke . |
| 17 | One must add that there is nothing particularly remarkable about the fact that such a myth should have grown up ; it would almost be surprising if it had not . |