Examples of 'had not been so' in a sentence
Meaning of "had not been so"
had not been so: usually implies a contrast between how something was and how it could have been under different circumstances. It is often used to express regret or missed opportunities
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had not been so
He had not been so happy some time now.
If the constables had not been so lax.
I had not been so entertained in a long while.
And the enemy had not been so thorough.
A session with the therapist relationship had not been so bad.
They had not been so close for so long.
He might have been a scientist if he had not been so versatile.
The judge had not been so convinced of this.
It would have been pretty if it had not been so dangerous.
You had not been so philosophical before.
Then the sun had not been so hot.
He had not been so happy for months.
Admitted that he had not been so blessed.
It is said that if he had been at home it had not been so.
And if he had not been so stupid.
It would have been better if you had not been so weak.
If you had not been so ashamed of it.
And even if it had not been so.
If he had not been so scared of him.
I wish segregation had not been so cruel.
He had not been so nigh.
His previous marriages had not been so tranquil.
If he had not been so unfortunate.
Another girl in her class had not been so lucky.
If you had not been so arrogant.
Unfortunately that had not been so.
I also wish it had not been so cold so we could of talked more.
This did not apply to rats who had not been so treated.
And if you had not been so slow to get to the patient.
I sincerely wish that the debate had not been so contentious.
If you had not been so insistent you would have never seen each other.
She remembered a time in her life she had not been so guarded.
I wish it had not been so long between our last visit and this one.
Dominic would not have arranged an auction if it had not been so important.
I wish she had not been so patient.
And would have given all he possessed if he had not been so hasty.
She had not been so close to Harry.
Here the atmosphere told us that the strikes had not been so serious.
If only Hitler had not been so unreasonable.
Javert 's triumph in the Gorbeau hovel seemed complete, but had not been so.
However others had not been so careful.
If it had not been so late in the evening I could have killed a kid.
I thought perhaps he had not been so very fond of her.
This had not been so clear-cut in the former analysis.
The situation in this respect had not been so critical before in our country.
All had not been so calm for my course mate, though.
She later heard from other women who had not been so lucky.
Had you and Mary had not been so hellbent on your wedding.
Over the past decade, inflation had not been so low.
If I had not been so stiff in my crotch.
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