Example sentences of "and if it [vb past] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were bare and shabby and if it had not been for the pretty yellow cloths she had made for the tables and the yellow and orange cushions she had covered for the chairs and the blue vase full of roses she had asked Maria to place on the chest of drawers , then they would have been dismal indeed . |
| 2 | The unlucky 4–0 defeat at home to Alborne showed great promise for the future and if it had not been a mathematical impossibility since the beginning of October , I would have said that playing like that we should still be promotion contenders . |
| 3 | The whole room , scented with the Christmas goose , seemed to glimmer with warmth and merriment and if it had not been for fear of distressing the children , Alexandra would have been happy to burst into tears . |
| 4 | And if it had not been for the speedy response of the coastguard , the boys would have found themselves out in the open sea . |
| 5 | Jack always saw Piggy as a burden and if it had not been for Piggy 's spectacles Piggy would have been even more hated by Jack . |
| 6 | The true reason was that I want nothing to do with that country while it remains as it is , and if it had n't been for Jean-Paul I 'd have ceased all our operations out there years ago . ’ |
| 7 | Behind his scowling manner was a kindly old man and if it had n't been for the arrival of a rather insipid little boy , she might never have known , nor might anyone else for that matter . |
| 8 | It was in Schiaparelli that she met Tricarico , who brought her aboard the Resplendent Trogon , which led her into the presence of Balthazar Plum — and if it had n't been for all that , she would never have acquired the Alice in the first place . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm not a particularly patient man , and the thought of lying flat on my back for weeks made me feel almost suicidal , and if it had n't been for your parents — well , suffice to say that they were marvellous — ’ |
| 10 | But mostly I remember the fishing and if it had n't been for having to carry a gas mask , go without sweets and put up with loud bangs in the middle of the night , I would hardly have known a war was going on . |
| 11 | ‘ I saw exactly what he did and if it had n't been for Stuart those thieves would have got away . |
| 12 | Sarella felt Peter 's grip tighten protectively , and if it had n't she was positive she would have crumpled under this attack . |
| 13 | He really was the most annoying , irritating man she had ever met , and if it had n't been for the fact that she knew he would carry out his threat and have her sacked she would have refused point-blank to go tonight . |
| 14 | and if it had n't been for him I would n't have them , |
| 15 | And if it did n't — if Klein was wrong and his handiwork remained undiscovered forever — then that was the truest vision of all . |
| 16 | You know and if it did n't be paid you at the quarter it meant you di you would n't get anything the following quarter . |
| 17 | And if it did n't live up to the investor 's rigorous standards , no one had any doubt that he would make good his threat of withdrawing his backing . |
| 18 | And if it did n't get a mention , then we did n't actually do it . ’ |
| 19 | Eleanor Thorne moved her head about uneasily on the pillow for a moment or two , wishing she had not complained about the soap , for now Alida might change the brand , keep that tablet to herself , And if it did not lather well , it had such a distinctive scent , a scent Eleanor liked . |
| 20 | Marriage would come or it would not and if it did not come sooner it would come later or she would be unmarried and what stigma was there in that ? |
| 21 | Persistent hypertension was treated by standard methods and if it did not resolve then the dose of the study drug was reduced . |
| 22 | That is the situation where the relief is most likely to be needed and if it excluded not much is left . |