Example sentences of "[verb] not [be] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They should remember that it would all have ended seven matches earlier if it had not been for an 88th-minute equaliser against Bashley on September 16 . |
| 2 | If it had not been for the horrific blunder by their goalkeeper at Ibrox , Howard Wilkinson 's men would go into Battle of Britain II at Elland Road seeking merely to confirm the superiority of the English domestic game over the Scottish . |
| 3 | If it had not been for the extraordinary resilience of Hitler 's Wehrmacht and the fortitude of the German people , it would have done so . |
| 4 | ‘ If it had not been for the Liberal Democrats , the government would have lost . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ For my part I believe the African Jesus would have won if it had not been for the Dark Host . |
| 6 | And , if it had not been for the speedy response from the coastguard , the boys would have found themselves out in the open sea . |
| 7 | And if it had not been for the speedy response of the coastguard , the boys would have found themselves out in the open sea . |
| 8 | Floy thought he would have rather enjoyed this journey if it had not been for the nagging concern about Fenella , left behind in the giants ' hands . |
| 9 | They were bare and shabby and if it had not been for the pretty yellow cloths she had made for the tables and the yellow and orange cushions she had covered for the chairs and the blue vase full of roses she had asked Maria to place on the chest of drawers , then they would have been dismal indeed . |