Example sentences of "[vb past] n't been for the " in BNC.
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| 31 | I do n't think I would have made quite so much impact , however , if it had n't been for the fact that , while they were carrying me round the church yelling , ‘ Aliens ! ’ 'Jesus Christ ! ’ and ‘ The snake cometh ! ’ the roof fell in . |
| 32 | If it had n't been for the war , they 'd have retired him , but it was like everything else these days , all hands to the pumps . |
| 33 | People like myself , would n't have had the bottle , would n't have dreamed of coming up here if it had n't been for the good work of people like Mike and Harry , who in my opinion do a superb job in training me , you , all of us in this union . |
| 34 | If it had n't been for the long hair and the high heels , we 'd have thought we had a squaddie on our hands . |
| 35 | If it had n't been for the case , I think perhaps … ’ |
| 36 | If it had n't been for the Neds ' moral scruples , those garments could have been bigger and cooler than F**k . |
| 37 | He really was the most annoying , irritating man she had ever met , and if it had n't been for the fact that she knew he would carry out his threat and have her sacked she would have refused point-blank to go tonight . |
| 38 | Just for a moment their fingers touched , then broke apart as they both stepped back with a haste that would have been comical if it had n't been for the sudden surge of sensation that arced between them . |
| 39 | Oh , perhaps they would have done , if it had n't been for the local newspaper . |
| 40 | If it had n't been for the fact that her stomach chose that precise moment to rumble loudly she might still have argued . |
| 41 | And she might even have managed to survive that sort of difficult scenario if it had n't been for the alarming , almost intimidating atmosphere engendered by Ross . |
| 42 | ‘ You 'd never have known , if it had n't been for the tissue-typing , ’ Celia pointed out . |
| 43 | Detective Inspector Gerry Wright says although she had heart disease she may well have lived for several years , if it had n't been for the sudden shock of finding two men in her house . |
| 44 | If it had n't been for the double glazing she would have been hurt . |
| 45 | Simone 's gran , Gwen Turner , said : ‘ If it had n't been for the prompt action of these two ambulancemen I do n't know what would have happened . |
| 46 | He felt he might even have given the captain a good run for his money if it had n't been for the damn man 's obvious advantage of height and weight . |
| 47 | ‘ If it had n't been for the native Africans in the community who rallied round , looked after my wife and kept leaving food parcels outside the door we would have been sunk . |