Example sentences of "not [be] [prep] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it had not been for their long , soul-searching conversations about the Koran and the life of the Prophet , he would probably not , now , be sleeping with her . |
| 2 | He has been one of the driving forces behind Musselburgh 's revival and had it not been for his stout efforts earlier in the season , the Stoneyhill club would never have been in the promotion challenge . |
| 3 | Brian had given Scarlet the impression that , if it had not been for his first wife and her child , and his second wife and her child , he would have been living a life of carefree splendour in a house adjacent to the park . |
| 4 | Cameron would have faced a High Court sentence had it not been for his good record , the sheriff added . |
| 5 | Kersey would have written him off as harmless had it not been for his extreme wariness . |
| 6 | This tally could possibly have been a lot more had it not been for his unreliable behaviour in the show ring . |
| 7 | The year belonged to Keke Rosberg at Williams — though Ferrari 's Didier Pironi might well have won the championship had it not been for his grave accident in the rain at Hockenheim . |
| 8 | Someone with Walker 's pace and knowhow would be a prize addition to a defence which has not been at its ruthless best during the Gunners ' recent barren run . |
| 9 | Justicz commented on Oxford 's ‘ very nice ’ rhythm and felt the Dark Blues had been able to capitalise whenever Cambridge had not been at their best . |
| 10 | Wright said : ‘ I recognised that , in the previous two games , I had not been at my best . |
| 11 | Even if Plácido Domingo had not moved Juan Pons , playing the mean and moody Sheriff of Puccini 's La Fanciulla del West , to barely-suppressed tears in the famous Act 3 aria , ‘ Ch'ella mi creda ’ — if , in other words , Domingo had not been at his committed best , which is quite something — the Scala audience would no doubt have roared its approval all the same . |
| 12 | They brought with them their families , particularly the young children , and under this stimulus the seaside holiday became something which it had not been in its aristocratic heyday — a family affair . |
| 13 | ‘ We are interested but that 's as far as it has gone because Alex Ferguson has shown no desire to let him go , and that 's despite the fact that Neil has not been in his first team . |
| 14 | ‘ Brother Tutilo has not been in my especial care until this journey , ’ he said carefully , ‘ but I have always found him truly devoted to our house of Ramsey . |
| 15 | ‘ You , that have not been near me all day , and would n't have been if I was dying ! ’ |
| 16 | This is a considerable sum , but the struggling mother would not be without her hungry family . |
| 17 | They frequently have to deal with awkward and unpleasant problems which may or may not be of their own making . |
| 18 | When I die it will not be by my own hand , but fighting for my country . ’ |
| 19 | If those criteria had been adhered to , many people would not be in their present position . |
| 20 | What was significant about the Banstead strategy in this respect was that offering continued inpatient care to ‘ decantees ’ was presented by psychiatrists as a protection of patients ' rights , particularly the right to stay in hospital where , they argued , ‘ many resist any suggestion that they should leave the hospital and also become more ill when such suggestions are made … to press such a matter against the patients ’ will would certainly not be in their best interests ' . |
| 21 | Perhaps — just perhaps — your Higher Self knows that realising this Dream would not be in your best interests right now ? |
| 22 | As I was saying , that would certainly not be in your best interests . ’ |
| 23 | They have identified that simply putting in more services may not be in itself sufficient to maintain a situation if motivation is lacking . |
| 24 | I often missed Constanza , but not being with them both at the same time was easier . |
| 25 | Second , Arabic negative particles come in front of the verb , so that an expression such as I had nothing against becomes literally ‘ not was for me any objection ’ , thus pushing the ‘ me ’ further away from thematic position . |
| 26 | If it had n't been for her fat friend , she would have overslept . |
| 27 | If it had n't been for his diligent research and dogged answer seeking , I would n't be leaving for America two hours from now in the hope of a cure . |
| 28 | Adam would have faced almost certain death if it had n't been for his quick thinking . |
| 29 | If it had n't been for his harsh , laboured breathing , Isabel would not have known that he still lived . |
| 30 | ‘ If it had n't been for your ghastly aunt we 'd have been married by now . ’ |