Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] if it have [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know how I 'd 've coped if it had n't been for my mum . |
| 2 | I suppose I 'd have heard if it had n't . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ For my part I believe the African Jesus would have won if it had not been for the Dark Host . |
| 4 | Stan might truly have forgotten if it had not been for the crash of the falling chair . |
| 5 | Sleep would have come if it had not been for Hugh 's tossing and moaning . |
| 6 | Sleep would have come if it had not been for Hugh 's tossing and moaning . |
| 7 | When I was feeling really low , I could have quit if it had n't been for everyone who 'd been following me , and that comes down to everyone here at the schools . |
| 8 | He spoke honestly , but more harshly than he would have done if it had n't been for the pain he carried . |
| 9 | Still , he would have done if it had n't slipped his mind , and surely the intention made him culpable . |
| 10 | And I 'll tell you somethin' else : your mother would n't have died if it had n't been for that man . ’ |
| 11 | He is bound to say this , indeed , for if we considered only the positive consequences of an action , and not those which would have occurred if it had not been done , one could not count in the suffering which an action prevented in its favour , which would be absurd . |
| 12 | However none of these exhibitions could have happened if it had n't been for the groundbreaking work carried out by Lubaina Himid since the late 70s . |
| 13 | None of it would have happened if it had n't been for the dog . |
| 14 | I think the officers really are to be congratulated , and erm , one ca n't sort of guess what could have happened if it had n't been so professional , but I suspect the fact that we won , what we 've won , is a result of the professionalism of our and I really would like to congratulate |
| 15 | There was a lesson at school I should have loved if it had not been for poor Lucy . |
| 16 | Steve asked reproachfully as if he did n't want to get blamed if it had n't . |