Example sentences of "not be [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 | Half-way through the twentieth century it was becoming clear to the more perceptive analysts that , whatever the political limitations might or might not be to that form of growth , there were ecological limitations looming on the horizon . |
| 11 | Well they 'll not be as that . |
| 12 | There was the Honble Freddie Moore , leaning forward eagerly , his turn to speak to her ( it could not be about that ; it must not be ) , ‘ is it true that George Edwardes is after you , and means you to star in his next … . |
| 13 | It is not easy because , carried to extremes , it would be a dangerous policy which would not be unlike that of a bargain hunting housewife at a January sale who buys things she will never use because the price is right . |
| 14 | It will not be like that . |
| 15 | It was not always like that and it need not be like that now . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Why — because , though at any other time I could perhaps let my feelings have their head , this time , for a reason I simply was n't seeing then , I just knew that it could not be like that with you . ’ |
| 17 | The Everest crew may not be like that . |
| 18 | Mrs Thatcher 's heart would not be in that approach , any more than the Labour Party has yet taken the need for high interest rates to its bosom . |
| 19 | will not be in that category because it will be totally funded by the Department of Health ah as and when it comes along . |
| 20 | Mm it it may it may not be in that nature because the nature of of supply teaching work of course is that |
| 21 | If you work hard you will not be in that situation . |
| 22 | So until that comes out I can not actually confirm what may or may not be in that manifesto . |
| 23 | on a train , because I 've got a governor 's meeting that day and , and I ca n't avoid not being at that governor 's meeting because I 'm a chairman |
| 24 | In April 1816 , musing after John Brownrigg 's death , he says he might have thought differently of him had he been born in Ambleside , ‘ the moral code of the people here not being like that of many other places . ’ |
| 25 | You have n't been outside that door for days . |
| 26 | I would have died too if it had n't been for that telegraph pole . ’ |
| 27 | And I 'll tell you somethin' else : your mother would n't have died if it had n't been for that man . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ If it had n't been for that you 'd never have found us . ’ |
| 29 | If it had n't been for that you 'd have reached Shipton and been on a train by now . ’ |
| 30 | 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 . |