Ex. If Mr. Smith were not a very wealthy man, he could not have donated one million dollars to the Red Cross. (もしスミス氏が非常な金持ちでなければ、赤十字に100万ドルも寄付できなかっただろう) *スミス氏が金持ちであるという事実は過去もそうだったが、現在でも変わっていない。
~~~~~以上、『ロイヤル英文法 p.552』~~~
映画「カリブの海賊」のOliveさんによるディクテーション部分
A: What's your purpose in Port Royal , Mr. Smith ? B: And no lies. ジ: Well, then, I confess. It is my intention to commandeer one of these ships, pick up a crew in Tortuga, raid, pillage, plunder and otherwise pilfer my weaselly black guts out! B: I said no lies! A: I think he's telling the truth. B: If he were telling the truth, he wouldn't have told us. ジ: Unless, of course, he knew you wouldn't believe the truth even if he told it to you.
Sergeant Powers made his way down the stairs, but Sean stopped at the door. "It was real good seeing you, Dave." "You too," Dave said, trying to remember what it was he hadn't liked about Sean when they were kids.