Example sentences of "[pers pn] not be for " in BNC.
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| 31 | Lewis 's statement , which wrote off the competition , was allowed to pass unnoticed , and the whole embarrassing affair , much to the Government 's relief , might well be forgotten had it not been for the persistence of Beresford Hope . |
| 32 | This time tomorrow it would be all over , and part of history ; the victors would be celebrating , the losers complaining that had it not been for this and that , they would have won , and the course of history would have been different . |
| 33 | ‘ Had it not been for that publication Sally might have avoided that almost overwhelming sea of troubles which resulted from harmlessly intended praise . ’ |
| 34 | While the TMI accident would not have progressed to the stage it did had it not been for human error , it highlighted the fact that reactor designers and operators had to give more attention to the reliability of the system and its components , and their interaction under accident conditions . |
| 35 | Sucralose might never have been discovered had it not been for two Tate & Lyle scientists who deployed a basic research technique — they tasted it . |
| 36 | They were sturdy beggars , Hugh told them , a sort of people rarely found in the forest , vermin whom the verderers would have been well able to control without an expedition had it not been for the outlaws . |
| 37 | This openness and variation in level of the track , now giving views over a mile or so of green tree-crowns , now limiting the sky and showing on every side a steeply climbing hillside of columns , would have made their walking pleasant had it not been for the unseasonable heat of the day . |
| 38 | ( I should point out that had it not been for my sister Etty , who had financed this latest venture , there would have been no printing business . ) |
| 39 | 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 . |
| 40 | If Ben Leggatt had earned his living , not as an odd job man at Weston Longville rectory but as a private soldier in one of His Majesty 's foot regiments billetted in Bungay , he would have found the shopkeepers overwilling to let him take away purchases on a promise to pay later — had it not been for the ‘ Crying Down The Credits ’ . |
| 41 | Emma Lyon , who made her way up the social scale by similar means , would have found herself in prison earlier had it not been for the lifeline thrown to her by her friends and former lovers . |
| 42 | Too bad the horrendous loading system leaves a nasty taste in the mouth — had it not been for this I 'd have cheerfully awarded around 85% ( disk owners take note ) . |
| 43 | ‘ So , all in all , last year , I was quite ready to liquidate some of my American assets , and I would have done so , had it not been for Edouard . ’ |
| 44 | Had it not been for splintered wood and debris Alas on deck , and a ripped sail or two , the storm might have seemed no more than a bad dream . |
| 45 | Cantona tried hard to get involved , and within five minutes might have stolen the show , had it not been for a fine interception by Keith Curle following a fine run and cross down the left by Lee Sharpe . |
| 46 | Nevertheless , the resolution might still have won a majority had it not been for the stolen goods in the outhouse . |
| 47 | 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 . |
| 48 | Had it not been for his desire to sound Eleanor out on the subject of Liza , he felt he could easily have done so . |
| 49 | The electoral unpopularity of Tariff Reform might not have been decisive in defeating Chamberlain 's programme had it not been for the fact that the most powerful sections of Britain 's business élite — and in particular the bankers of the City of London — agreed with the voters . |
| 50 | Had it not been for the honey pigment of her skin , any one of her small circle of friends might have described her as a porcelain doll . |
| 51 | Indeed , had it not been for the blazing row with Mama she would still be living with her parents , seeing Charlie twice a week and helping the wounded airmen get back their confidence . |
| 52 | Voeller might have scored in the 24th minute had it not been for Andy Goram 's fine save from a powerful 20-yard shot , but seven minutes later he set up Marseille 's opener . |
| 53 | There is another aspect to the ancient-astronaut hypothesis : perhaps our remote ancestors could not have survived had it not been for the fact that they were destined to do so . |
| 54 | There would also have been no organization to employ me had it not been for our foresisters at the turn of the century . |
| 55 | He records Smart 's statement that he ‘ must have finished an unfortunate life in jail had it not been for the good nature of a Friend , who could not bear to see his tears ’ . |
| 56 | This is a good example of a local commemoration which almost slipped through the net , had it not been for the sleuthing abilities of north east enthusiast David Thompson . |
| 57 | Rod has told Buerk in a letter : ‘ Had it not been for your series I would probably have gone to bed and not woken up . ’ |
| 58 | The two sides might have parted company there and then had it not been for the GLEB 's condition that someone with newspaper business experience should be on the executive . |
| 59 | Had it not been for their masks , the Phantasms ' faces must surely have blistered — a gulf of rising furnace-air yawned beyond that hatch . |
| 60 | The acting was almost a by-product of that and had it not been for a fortuitous advertisement in Cardiff 's Western Mail , it might have remained just that . |