Example sentences of "not been [prep] his [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Cameron would have faced a High Court sentence had it not been for his good record , the sheriff added . |
| 3 | Kersey would have written him off as harmless had it not been for his extreme wariness . |
| 4 | This tally could possibly have been a lot more had it not been for his unreliable behaviour in the show ring . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Adam would have faced almost certain death if it had n't been for his quick thinking . |
| 9 | If it had n't been for his harsh , laboured breathing , Isabel would not have known that he still lived . |