Example sentences of "had n't been [prep] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I arrived from nowhere , I had n't been to drama school .
2 There would n't have been an Opera House at all if it had n't been for Joseph F Warden , the actor manager who settled in Belfast in 1864 with his actress wife Jenny Bellair .
3 We must never forget , mind , either you or me , if it had n't been for Mrs Aggie and her yard , God knows where we would have been at this minute .
4 ‘ If it had n't been for Home Rule in the South , would Ulster have been ruled by Presbyterians in Belfast ? ’
5 If it had n't been for Arthur Billstock , I would probably have taken the same road as Mark .
6 His wife , who was an invalid at the time , told the Sun ‘ If it had n't been for state benefit and my family , Jade and I would have starved . ’
7 If it had n't been for Jill Morrell and the people at WTN , London would have left him to rot .
8 No-one would have ever known about my moment of unfaithfulness if it had n't been for Mr Peter Lowe .
9 ‘ This morning you discovered they had n't been with Peter Leary as they 'd told us .
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