Example sentences of "if he [vb past] [not/n't] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said afterwards that , if he had n't done that , he would never again have stepped even on a carpet . ’ |
| 2 | It was a pity too about his accident as if he had n't had enough bad luck . ’ |
| 3 | Could have stayed and reported the theft of his wallet to the police if he had n't produced that revolver . |
| 4 | He looked as if he had n't shaved that morning but then , he would always look as if he had n't shaved that morning . |
| 5 | He looked as if he had n't shaved that morning but then , he would always look as if he had n't shaved that morning . |
| 6 | Nobody knew there were any in the loch but then we only got the one and it would not surprise me if he had not eaten all the others if there had been any others that is . |
| 7 | Paul saw this as a reproach to himself , as if he had not shown enough interest ; perhaps in fact he had not ; his heart had never been in it . |
| 8 | He must listen attentively to the tales of how the amateur would have broken sixty-five in a competition last Saturday if he had not had such disgusting luck on the greens . |
| 9 | If he had not had this picture in his mind , he might inadvertently have written in a way that tried to satisfy different types of individual in the same book . |
| 10 | One after the other was called to report why he had not been to the police court for a long period , and threatened that if he did not do more work in the future he would lose pay . |
| 11 | If he did not touch such heights again , he remained a thoroughly reliable keeper right to the end , small , neat and quiet , and rarely given to histrionics . |
| 12 | He built up a large practice , relying especially on ‘ native ’ clients , and earned enough money to enable him to live in a very opulent way , even if he did not save any considerable fortune . |
| 13 | If he did not suspect any particular person , he had no redress . |
| 14 | If he did not follow this code then he was not a Bwana Shauri of the Masai tribe . ’ |
| 15 | Eck 's defence was that of ‘ operational necessity ’ , i.e. that if he did not destroy all traces of the sinking , his boat would be in grave danger of itself being sunk by Allied aircraft in the morning , as had happened to his four predecessors . |
| 16 | as if he did not know all this for himself , and was not endlessly wrestling , valiantly and incredulously , with the problem of his own chronic poverty ! |
| 17 | The letter had not been answered , and the Laird of Gartmore took offence , declaring ‘ that if he did not get such trifles to oblige his friends that they might depend upon his going against them ’ . |
| 18 | ‘ And if he did n't do that , he 'd get one of his men to ring round every hotel in England . |
| 19 | And if he did n't do that she could n't possibly see how they would ever see eye to eye . |
| 20 | Jealous of Lubor ? ’ and did n't know where she was when , as if he did n't think much of sitting opposite her in one chair while she had the huge couch all to herself , Ven suddenly moved from his chair and came and sat down next to her on the couch . |
| 21 | ‘ If he did n't make such a fuss about it , make you feel guilty if you did n't go , I would never go to one of Uncle Willi 's parties ever again . ’ |
| 22 | and he did say they would have helped Terry if he did n't have all of |
| 23 | Isabel needed his protection as far as Winchester , and if he did n't have those answers before they arrived he would keep her under restraint until he unlocked every secret she possessed . |
| 24 | as if he did n't have enough to worry about . |
| 25 | as if he did n't have enough to worry about already ! |
| 26 | He just has n't got a clue , apparently he said last night he never thought it would be so hard , he had a confession with Liz or something , never thought it would be so hard and he 's really struggled this year , really , really hard work , nothing like being a deputy which to me he 's an idiot if he did n't know that , he 's feeling guilty about the phone bill , but has n't got any money at all for anything |
| 27 | If he did n't get this across to her properly and she chose to be obstructive she could make so many complications that the very project could be damaged . |