Example sentences of "if [pron] [vb past] n't " in BNC.

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1 Strong hints about his IRA sympathies , as if everyone did n't know he 'd been a self-proclaimed Sinn Feinner since he was a youngster .
2 You think if I had n't bought it and done it up at enormous personal cost this cottage would still be standing ? ’
3 If I had n't taken that opportunity I 'm sure I would never have done the things I later did in the refinery business .
4 Perhaps if I had n't been a fool I would have been the dead girl in the road . ’
5 If I had n't got through this time I was going to phone them to check a fault . ’
6 ‘ I could n't have lived with myself if I had n't put up a fight on behalf of the men . ’
7 If I had n't put that frock on the lady — she 's my girlfriend by the way — I 'd have had to give her blue nipples .
8 ‘ Well , you 'd have had the lot pilfered if I had n't been guarding them and suffered the most ghastly discomfort in the process .
9 ‘ And if I had n't paid why would there be a receipt anyway , ’ protested Kylie quite logically .
10 He 'd walked into the boathouse and tried to pick up an envelope and the floor had given way beneath him and a piece of beam was missing , and if I had n't been there with him he would certainly have drowned in the dock , impaled on something lurking beneath the surface .
11 If I had n't found a way out we 'd both eventually have died of cold or drowning , or both .
12 Bob quelled her with a look , but I noticed slightly later and indeed all evening that she stuck very closely to his side , which could have been interpreted as her own insecurity if I had n't remembered Mackie saying that meek little Ingrid never gave Bob much chance to stray with the likes of Angela Brickell and God help him if he did .
13 The fact is that if I had n't taken part in the BBC television previews of the big event I would probably be riding my old friend Bonanza Boy .
14 If I had n't known he was wearing shoes I 'd have sworn he had clogs on , ’ Maggie said .
15 If I had n't been so snowed under I 'd have phoned myself , and you could have reminded me .
16 Well , I 've never even seen a dead body before — imagine , what with the bones , the shroud and the flies ; if I had n't had the camera between me and it , I do n't think I could have looked .
17 She would n't be as popular as she is today if I had n't guided her career .
18 All she could mutter was , ‘ Bruce , if I had n't seen it with my own eyes , I would never have believed it . ’
19 If I had n't had the golf-bag on my shoulder , I would have taken off with the umbrella .
20 Even if I had n't won a medal nor got enough promotion , I had been at the sharp end .
21 If I had n't been such a coward maybe they might have turned out better . ’
22 If I had n't seized zee pastel
23 If I had n't snatched zee pencil
24 If I had n't let
25 I always had the feeling that if I had n't , she would have sat there all night .
26 If I had n't been there , Russell would have hit her .
27 ‘ Just think , ’ I whispered ; ‘ If I had n't gone dancing tonight , I would not have met you , darling . ’
28 ‘ It will be a bit of a wrench , but the England team manager 's job is the top one in the business and if I had n't accepted it , I might have regretted it in later life . ’
29 I could n't bear to be married if I had n't … ‘
30 In fact , if I had n't been living here I doubt they would have noticed us at all !
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