Example sentences of "have not been for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She would have recovered some of her old high spirits if it had not been for a bout of measles and turning more and more to alcohol . |
| 2 | If it had not been for a visitor arriving then and her being obliged to leave instantly she had no doubt they would have waded into deeper waters and she knew she would not have been sorry . |
| 3 | If it had not been for an alliance of Dr Newman , consultant ecologist Doug Cross and Walter Roberts — three local residents who formed the Camelford Scientific Advisory Panel and conducted their own investigations — and for John Lewis , who lost his job , it is doubtful whether very much would ever have come out about the incident . |
| 4 | Price Waterhouse 's UK practice would have experienced a negative growth rate in fee income in the year to June 1992 , if it had not been for the firm 's corporate recovery arm . |
| 5 | Stan might truly have forgotten if it had not been for the crash of the falling chair . |
| 6 | If it had not been for the shamelessness of it , Wilson felt she might have been sorely tempted to exploit this extraordinary advantage . |
| 7 | If it had not been for the circumstance of his being away , I should not be here now . ’ |
| 8 | In one case , it was said that ‘ it was the 15-year-old girl who was the dominant partner in the relationship ’ with a 28-year-old woman separated from her husband , while in the other case ‘ a pretty 15-year-old schoolgirl skipped lessons to have a lesbian love affair ’ ; however the defence counsel said that her mother had told police she thought there was nothing wrong with a lesbian relationship and ‘ if it had not been for the age of the young lady , none of us would be here today ’ . |
| 9 | Yet even though he got the chance to fight Mr Bush , he would not now be heading for the White House if it had not been for the disaster which hit the President a few days after that TV interview . |
| 10 | It would not have been terrible — only like Frank — if it had not been for the pain of stones , metal , pressed into soft skin . |
| 11 | In 1959 Rank claimed that ‘ Britain would now have a healthy industry and a very successful market ’ if it had not been for the insensitivity of the Department of Trade . |
| 12 | Seen from below , Lacuna 's long body would have looked comical as she ran back and forth , if it had not been for the grimace of rage that contorted her white face . |
| 13 | She said she had n't been for a while and erm then she said they did n't really know , they wondered how she was gon na get on in the water . |
| 14 | The Flying Scot would probably have made the move before now — if it had n't been for a pact Laughton made when he left Widnes sixteen months ago . |
| 15 | Fortune having smiled on them , and I mean if it had n't been for a lump of expanded foam out of one of the life boats that had blown up at , if it had n't come floating past me , I mean I would have been a goner as well , but I got hold of that . |
| 16 | This month David Savage discusses the importance of mistakes within the workshop , and looks at a finish he would otherwise not now use if it had n't been for a disaster |
| 17 | If it had n't been for the help from her children she could n't have managed it . |
| 18 | ‘ Of course , he 'd never have made it if it had n't been for the skill of our local doctor ’ |
| 19 | It had been skinned , neatly eviscerated , and would have looked like any carcase in a butcher 's shop if it had n't been for the head . |
| 20 | Despite his personal trauma , his professionalism would never have been in question — if it had n't been for the drink and drugs . |
| 21 | If it had n't been for the Yeti , I 'd never have met Malcolm McLaren or Johnie Rotten . |
| 22 | If it had n't been for the case , I think perhaps … ’ |
| 23 | None of it would have happened if it had n't been for the dog . |
| 24 | Behind his scowling manner was a kindly old man and if it had n't been for the arrival of a rather insipid little boy , she might never have known , nor might anyone else for that matter . |
| 25 | If it had n't been for the war , they 'd have retired him , but it was like everything else these days , all hands to the pumps . |
| 26 | ‘ You 'd never have known , if it had n't been for the tissue-typing , ’ Celia pointed out . |
| 27 | He spoke honestly , but more harshly than he would have done if it had n't been for the pain he carried . |
| 28 | If it had n't been for the proximity of the tall dour houses and the unexpected kindness of a young girl , Craig would have been recaptured at once . |
| 29 | If it had n't been for the colonel letting me have this cottage for a peppercorn rent , God knows where I 'd be . ’ |
| 30 | This may have been no shattering revelation for any man to make if it had n't been for the fact that in the hot steamy summer of ‘ 89 Lowe got himself laid by two girls in Atlanta , Georgia . |