Example sentences of "[coord] had [pers pn] not [vb pp] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Or had they not known about it ? |
| 2 | Negotiations with the landlords regarding a reduction of their rent demand of £100,000 per annum have been unsuccessful , and had we not used this break clause we would have been committed to the new conditions of the lease way into the twenty-first century . |
| 3 | And had she not felt elated when he praised her in that soft , beguiling voice ? |
| 4 | Yes , she would go into the country rather than to a seaside resort , for they were full of old , retired , ill-tempered people and had she not had her full share of that ? |
| 5 | Just as I am sure twenty-seven victories seemed utterly insufficient to Jackie — and had he not retired , he was certainly fit enough and a good enough driver , given the right cars , to which he would have had total access , to notch up another fifteen or twenty — I am sure that his first million seemed a trifle . |
| 6 | He had a good degree in art history , and had he not gone in for politics he might have made a name for himself as an art historian . |
| 7 | Planes roared above , and had he not got used to their sound from his years in the Zoo he might have been afraid of them . |
| 8 | He might have made a significant contribution to the public life of this country had he not been totally overshadowed by his illustrious father and had he not had such a burning desire to shine as bright or even brighter . |
| 9 | And had I not wiped the floor with the little squirt , conversationally speaking ? |
| 10 | He walked with a limp , and had you not known better you could have mistaken the sores and scabs on his face for the kind of wounds worn by down-and-outs in Cardboard City . |
| 11 | But had he not fallen in with it too readily and too rapidly simply because it was a testimony to his secure tenure , a declaration before the world that he was a king indeed , and his progeny fit mates for the royalty of Europe ? |
| 12 | But had he not offered , Lily reminded him , anything ( within reason ) to revive her spirits ? |
| 13 | SEGA brought Night Trap before the Board voluntarily , but had it not done so the game would have been made a test case . |