Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] n't been for " in BNC.
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| 31 | I might have travelled at almost eight thousand inches an hour if it had n't been for the stops . |
| 32 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 33 | I would have died too if it had n't been for that telegraph pole . ’ |
| 34 | However none of these exhibitions could have happened if it had n't been for the groundbreaking work carried out by Lubaina Himid since the late 70s . |
| 35 | If it had n't been for him , I would have had a bad time because I hated school . ’ |
| 36 | If it had n't been for the canter Nails would not have been terribly keen for another lesson , but the canter had given him dreams above his station . |
| 37 | ‘ He would have been , ’ said Ruth , ‘ if it had n't been for Sarah . ’ |
| 38 | 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 . |
| 39 | His wife , who was an invalid at the time , told the Sun ‘ If it had n't been for state benefit and my family , Jade and I would have starved . ’ |
| 40 | I do n't know how I 'd 've coped if it had n't been for my mum . |
| 41 | If it had n't been for Kurt I would have done . |
| 42 | If it had n't been for her fat friend , she would have overslept . |
| 43 | He spoke honestly , but more harshly than he would have done if it had n't been for the pain he carried . |
| 44 | She would have rung him , if it had n't been for the tall constable standing meaningfully by the telephone . |
| 45 | The true reason was that I want nothing to do with that country while it remains as it is , and if it had n't been for Jean-Paul I 'd have ceased all our operations out there years ago . ’ |
| 46 | 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 . |
| 47 | If it had n't been for Willie 's attentive expression he would have stopped . |
| 48 | Behind his scowling manner was a kindly old man and if it had n't been for the arrival of a rather insipid little boy , she might never have known , nor might anyone else for that matter . |
| 49 | ‘ Of course , he 'd never have made it if it had n't been for the skill of our local doctor ’ |
| 50 | Adam would have faced almost certain death if it had n't been for his quick thinking . |
| 51 | Despite his personal trauma , his professionalism would never have been in question — if it had n't been for the drink and drugs . |
| 52 | If fact , if it had n't been for Finch 's increasing drinking problem , he himself would never have behaved on the set in anything other than a professional way . |
| 53 | Nobody would have known that he was planning to puff on home-grown cannabis in Wales if it had n't been for the ironic coincidence that another Mr Perkins had mistakenly opened a package addressed to the actor . |
| 54 | This may have been no shattering revelation for any man to make if it had n't been for the fact that in the hot steamy summer of ‘ 89 Lowe got himself laid by two girls in Atlanta , Georgia . |
| 55 | After all , if it had n't been for Him , she would n't have a lovely daughter . |
| 56 | His heroics prompted disappointed Hammers striker Clive Allen to admit : ‘ If it had n't been for him , we would have won . ’ |
| 57 | If it had n't been for rock'n'roll , they 'd have dropped a bomb on someone else . |
| 58 | No-one would have ever known about my moment of unfaithfulness if it had n't been for Mr Peter Lowe . |
| 59 | It was in Schiaparelli that she met Tricarico , who brought her aboard the Resplendent Trogon , which led her into the presence of Balthazar Plum — and if it had n't been for all that , she would never have acquired the Alice in the first place . |
| 60 | If it had n't been for him I 'd not have reached the standards that I 've achieved , ’ said Zara . |