Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb pp] [adv] [pers pn] would [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | I had honestly not thought how you would solve that problem in advance , and I 'm glad I did because my amazement certainly I wanted it to show with the kids when I said ‘ Goodness , what , you know , how on earth are you going to do it that way ? ’ . |
2 | His mother was entirely hoodwinked and , indeed , had she not known otherwise she would have been hoodwinked herself , Ashley thought despairingly . |
3 | Well if Dan had n't rung then I 'd have been extremely fed up . |
4 | And if she came up and thought I had n't washed properly she would push my head under the water and hold it there . |
5 | If I had n't known otherwise I would have said that he meant every word of it . |
6 | He had not budged , and if she had n't known better she would have said that he was jealous , but , of course , the idea was ridiculous . |
7 | If she had n't known better she 'd have thought he 'd been drinking . |