Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb pp] [pers pn] would [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Penelope 's way home took her along St Basil 's Terrace , or if it had not done she would have arranged her journey to include it , even if it had meant a slight detour . |
| 2 | ‘ Had that not happened we would 've had a lot more people at the rally . |
| 3 | She had n't guessed it would land her in the thick of a family feud . |
| 4 | She knew she was overdressed for the occasion but had n't realised it would make her look both predatory and incom-petently so , since one of the main adult sports at Chris 's school was trying to get that nice Major Maxim remarried . |
| 5 | If I had n't stopped you would have made love with me , and that is n't the action of a woman desperately in love with another man , is it ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ If you had n't come I would have been up all night . ’ |
| 7 | Because of this , it was felt , it presented Anish Kapoor in a position of such seniority alongside all the other three that if he had n't won it would have been more embarrassing that if he did . |
| 8 | And I expect if your father had n't died she 'd have had at least twenty children ! |
| 9 | She had n't thought she would understand what Fand meant ; but after only a moment the sense came to her that she was looking at a prisoner — at someone captive , helpless . |
| 10 | Ace had spoken of his intention to try and pull strings on her behalf , but she had n't thought he 'd have that much clout with a multi-national the size of IMP . |
| 11 | He explained that if the money was n't raised it would destroy confidence , and anyhow such an unusual move would be very close to breaking the rules about soliciting investment . |
| 12 | ‘ I reckon if you 'ad n't left you 'd 'ave bin a parlourmaid by now , ’ Ella Tomkin said . |
| 13 | If that had n't worked I 'd have tried something else , but , rather to my surprise , you snapped up the bait first time … ’ |
| 14 | Margaret had accepted his story of taking urgent samples across to Belfast ; it was true , but that had n't meant she 'd believe it . |
| 15 | If we had n't tried we 'd have split up anyway . |