Example sentences of "had not [been] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In many ways this was a sensible policy since even if Danzig had not been made a Free City and had remained within the long arm of Prussia , the local economy was too poor to maintain it for long ; a German Danzig would still have been forced to rely upon a distant Vistula hinterland . |
| 2 | If one of them had not been riding a white horse I would never have noticed them . |
| 3 | Perhaps if he had not been created a cardinal deacon he would have stayed in Bologna longer . |
| 4 | Broadly , the survey confirmed that parents of children with special needs had not been given a real choice of placement , and that they had to fight hard for mainstream provision if this was their choice . |
| 5 | Unmet need was said to exist where there was a care option which had not been given a recent trial and had not been recently refused by the client . |
| 6 | Gullible had n't been driving a great big lorry around the place and putting down rat poison . |