Example sentences of "[not/n't] been [prep] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Had it not been for that publication Sally might have avoided that almost overwhelming sea of troubles which resulted from harmlessly intended praise . ’ |
| 2 | And doubtless there would have been many more had it not been for that unfortunate accident which befell Mr Rabbit in Mr MacGregor 's garden whereby he ended up in one of Mrs MacGregor 's rabbit pies . |
| 3 | ‘ owing to the presence of which ’ This point is normally covered in any witness statement that might be available , viz. ‘ I saw four vehicles were involved etc. ’ or ‘ if it had not been for that vehicle the accident would not have happened ’ . |
| 4 | We might have had it all , had it not been for that One . ’ |
| 5 | Buddy would have been 56 this year and no doubt raving on even now had it not been for that fateful February in 1959 … the day the music died . |
| 6 | It 's absolutely clear that the public body should be doing work for private sector organisations , and er , to my knowledge , Lincolnshire County Council have not been to that particular erm , definition , although other authorities do and I have had to stop other authorities undertaking contracts where they are er private sector organisations . |
| 7 | Bull has now failed to score for seven games but Turner said : ‘ There is not a striker in the country who has not been through that sort of spell . ’ |
| 8 | She had not been in that position . |
| 9 | ‘ He 's not been like that for a long time . ’ |
| 10 | You have n't been outside that door for days . |
| 11 | I would have died too if it had n't been for that telegraph pole . ’ |
| 12 | And I 'll tell you somethin' else : your mother would n't have died if it had n't been for that man . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ If it had n't been for that you 'd never have found us . ’ |
| 14 | If it had n't been for that you 'd have reached Shipton and been on a train by now . ’ |
| 15 | One morning he also opened up the building , went upstairs and came down and there was these fresh footprints on a part of the building which he had n't been at that time and he , like myself , looked all over the building and not a soul in sight . |
| 16 | It was easy now to write to Vincent about his father 's visit in a flippant , amusing way , but it had n't been like that at all . |
| 17 | But it had n't been like that . |
| 18 | It had n't been like that , she wanted to howl . |
| 19 | It has n't been in the , I cover , but I have some information you gave me , it has n't been in that at all , mm . |
| 20 | Accidental fires do happen when the Peak is very dry but we have n't been in that situation yet . |
| 21 | If I had n't been in that bar at that time , perhaps all this would have happened to somebody else . |
| 22 | The demolition workers had n't been in that day . |