After If, wish and would rather, the past perfect can be used to talk about past events that never happened.
æ f t ə ɹ ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ f WORD_BOUNDARY w ɪ ʃ WORD_BOUNDARY æ n d WORD_BOUNDARY w ʊ d WORD_BOUNDARY ɹ æ ð ə ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY p æ s t WORD_BOUNDARY p ɜː f ɛ k t WORD_BOUNDARY k æ n WORD_BOUNDARY b iː WORD_BOUNDARY j uː z d WORD_BOUNDARY t ə WORD_BOUNDARY t ɔ k WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ b aʊ t WORD_BOUNDARY p æ s t WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ v ɛ n t s WORD_BOUNDARY ð æ t WORD_BOUNDARY n ɛ v ə ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY h æ p ə n d WORD_BOUNDARY