Example sentences of "[pers pn] [not/n't] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Victor would have fallen too , had I not run round the table , and caught him as he staggered . |
| 2 | Why had I not felt this when she was there ? |
| 3 | I spent a long time diving frantically after them , jamming the sheet at a bunch only to see half of them streaking out the other end , and I might have gone on indefinitely had I not felt a gentle touch on my arm . |
| 4 | Yes er erm my instructions are that all persons are accounted for in the premises and er once they 've been accounted for er then it was safe for other officers , i.e the C I D or Superintendent to go to that yes and they would not have been allowed in had I not received instructions that the house was secure and all persons accounted for . |
| 5 | Here was a further cause for retrospective anxiety which , had I not re-examined Fraser McLuskey 's Parachute Padre , might have haunted me . |
| 6 | Have I not explained that ? ’ |
| 7 | For how many years have I not defined , or at least decorated , myself by means of the fronded fragrances of the tobacco leaf ? |
| 8 | On that particular occasion , had I not recognized Miss Kenton 's footsteps on the boards as she came towards me , I would have been able to identify her only from her outline . |
| 9 | That is eight years ago , and the Board would now be doing Chapter III work , both in Essex and Norfolk , had I not made myself damned unpleasant … |
| 10 | Know , if you kill me for my fault , I should Have died had I not made it . |
| 11 | Not only am I not prepared to have a semi-detached marriage , but I 'm convinced that if you really cared for me you would have no hesitation about placing my interests first , ’ had been his parting shot as he had left the apartment , slamming the front door loudly behind him . |
| 12 | I would have smiled at the Kafkaesqueness of the situation , had I not broken out in a cold sweat and had I at that stage not been ignorant of Kafka 's existence . |
| 13 | I doubt whether I should ever have experienced such wealth and depth of love , from and for so many , had I not followed … my vocation . ’ |
| 14 | Have I not given satisfaction ? ’ |
| 15 | How often in the past have I not given due credence to relatives ' statements of how bad the client was ? |
| 16 | Have I not given you sufficient proofs ? |
| 17 | If this is correct , why was I not given any indication that this was a possibility ? |
| 18 | But I not seen one yet as you might call a proper bleeding accident , if you takes my meaning ? ’ |
| 19 | I would have left had I not seen he was wearing something I had n't seen on him before , and had to ask him about it , certain I knew what the answer would be . |
| 20 | Now I was impressed : I not seen a ski hill like this before . |
| 21 | So what am I doing here , why am I not tucked safely up in bed like most sane people and why is there no prospect of any further rest until we get to Burslem in Stoke , more than 60 miles away ? |
| 22 | Had I not gone to Normandy just over forty years ago wearing on my shoulder the same emblem , that mythical beast , the Wyvern of Wessex , half dragon , half eagle , that had fluttered over the heads of the English at both those battles ? |
| 23 | Have I not said so ? ’ |
| 24 | Why had I not told her this and that ? |
| 25 | ‘ Have I not told you of Callanish ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Why was I not told of this before now ? ’ |
| 27 | Had I not worked closely with him I would have seen little of this . |
| 28 | I told myself that not only had I not had a choice , but that in fact I had n't really needed to make one . |
| 29 | Had I not had to do that , to meet the high spending levels of local authorities , that £50 million could have been available for housing . |
| 30 | I would not have learnt of this paper so quickly ( and perhaps not at all ) had I not had access to the Internet . |