Example sentences of "had [not/n't] [be] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor would she have been , if it had not been for him . |
| 2 | ‘ I would never have been a dancer or believed I could do anything if it had not been for him , ’ said Crawford . |
| 3 | If it had not been for him we would all be dead and there would n't be anybody telling this . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | When Aunt Lilian wrote to tell him of my mother 's death — she said she had died from pneumonia — he sent a wreath of lilies and a letter , saying that if it had not been for her tuition , he would not be where he was now . |
| 6 | He took himself off , illogically cursing Emily Groundwater ; if it had not been for her he would have been in a warm bed , with Bible Willie breathing beside him . |
| 7 | It had not been for her . |
| 8 | If it had not been for my brother , the Odonata would have drowned , just as the turtle-shaped biped drowned . |
| 9 | If it had not been for his clothes and the rings on his fingers I would have scarcely recognised him . ’ |
| 10 | Sarah and Terry had no alternative but she and John could have had months of courtship before he went away if it had not been for his stubbornness . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He guided Alexandra out of the kitchen and along a passage so dark that if it had not been for his hand on her elbow , she would not have known where she was going . |
| 13 | If it had n't been for him , I would have had a bad time because I hated school . ’ |
| 14 | After all , if it had n't been for Him , she would n't have a lovely daughter . |
| 15 | His heroics prompted disappointed Hammers striker Clive Allen to admit : ‘ If it had n't been for him , we would have won . ’ |
| 16 | If it had n't been for him I 'd not have reached the standards that I 've achieved , ’ said Zara . |
| 17 | They would n't exist if it had n't been for him . |
| 18 | and if it had n't been for him I would n't have them , |
| 19 | If it had n't been for me they 'd never have nicked any guitars and there would have been no group . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , if it had n't been for me , you would n't have had it , because they asked me your character . |
| 21 | ‘ If it had n't been for me , ’ Mrs Danby said darkly , ‘ Veronica would never have gone to that wine and cheese party . |
| 22 | If it had n't been for her I would n't be here … |
| 23 | If it had n't been for her , he would n't even be here . |
| 24 | ‘ If it had n't been for her courage and fortitude in going out there and taking on the role of investigator , private detective and motivator , those files would still be closed and the police would just have an unsolved case of a missing person . ’ |
| 25 | If it had n't been for her fat friend , she would have overslept . |
| 26 | When I was feeling really low , I could have quit if it had n't been for everyone who 'd been following me , and that comes down to everyone here at the schools . |
| 27 | I do n't know how I 'd 've coped if it had n't been for my mum . |
| 28 | And I would n't have if it had n't been for my mother … |
| 29 | Fire-brigade or not , if it had n't been for your bright idea and splendid work and your friend 's race for help to the farmhouse the whole field would be ablaze , ’ said Farmer Olinton . |
| 30 | ‘ If it had n't been for your interference she would still be alive . ’ |