Example sentences of "have n't [be] so [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're a bit understocked anyway — business has n't been so good since the trouble started . ’ |
| 2 | Well the atmosphere is very bad indeed in Belfast because er we had this before of course twenty years ago we had various bad situations but it has n't been so bad in recent years , but this last fortnight , er we 've had U V F killings , then we had this terrible bomb by the I R A killing the protestants in the Shankhill Road . |
| 3 | The relief on Joe 's face would have been comic if it had n't been so worrying . |
| 4 | On the other hand , if he had n't been so keen on interfering there would not have been any tension because she would not have been here or even in France at all . |
| 5 | If they had n't been so excitable , they 'd have been as free as birds right now . |
| 6 | If she had n't been so upset , it would almost have been funny . |
| 7 | ‘ All he needs is someone to take care of him , ’ she would always say of Seth , but lately she had n't been so sure . |
| 8 | Which you would have done in the first place , Lowell thought , if you had n't been so sure that Rose was here . |
| 9 | He had n't been so pleased to see someone in all his life . |
| 10 | It seemed unlikely that anyone would choose to live in this out-of-the-way place without some form of transport — if she had n't been so nervous , that would have occurred to her earlier , she thought wryly . |
| 11 | If Marie had n't been so desperate to escape from that room , she would n't have suggested taking Bella out in her wheelchair . |
| 12 | For a while , there , he 'd as good as haunted the place in the late afternoons … but then the van had broken down and getting into town had n't been so easy , and besides the restaurant had become so damned busy that he 'd become just another face in an ever-changing crowd . |
| 13 | Apparently his escape from the rout of Winchester had n't been so easy . |
| 14 | ‘ If you had n't been so nasty , ’ she went on , ignoring his cold rebuttal , ‘ I 'd probably have gathered everything up . |
| 15 | Wished he had n't been so damn scared that she 'd turn him down . |
| 16 | If Dire Straits had n't been so successful , would you have carried on as a circuit band , or would you have gone back to teaching or journalism ? |
| 17 | ‘ If you had n't been so awkward about it I doubt if that constable would even have taken my name and address . |
| 18 | If it had n't been so hot , if there had been no row the night before , if Dennis had n't passed out , if I 'd fallen asleep , if any of the others had been there , if Karen had come back later , if she 'd gone straight to the pool rather than taken a shower , if any or all of these had been the case , then intercourse would not have occurred . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | She would gladly have refused to go with him altogether if she had n't been so curious about the man . |
| 21 | If she had n't been so irritable and on edge , Camille might have been flattered by this notion . |
| 22 | I think the officers really are to be congratulated , and erm , one ca n't sort of guess what could have happened if it had n't been so professional , but I suspect the fact that we won , what we 've won , is a result of the professionalism of our and I really would like to congratulate |
| 23 | ‘ She had very serious abdominal wounds and one doctor told me she would have died if she had n't been so young and healthy , ’ said Mr Kelly . |
| 24 | I wished later that I had n't been so shy . |
| 25 | You could have made it too , if you had n't been so stupid . ’ |
| 26 | If he had n't been so hasty in consoling himself with Lexy , she would have rushed ahead with her usual blind enthusiasm , forgetting all the lessons her broken engagement had taught her . |
| 27 | If you had n't been so boring in the pub I would n't have left in such a temper ! ’ |
| 28 | Or maybe it had n't been so pathetic . |
| 29 | She knew it was best , but she could n't help wondering what would have happened if she had n't been so proud on Christmas Day . |
| 30 | If it had n't been so awful it would have been almost comical , the thought that Luke Calder had been virtually accused of kerb-crawling ! |