Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] [been] for [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 There is never a month that I am not overseas , and has n't been for many years — long before I achieved my present position .
2 ‘ 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 ’ .
3 ‘ Sir , ’ he said to the court , ‘ I would be a dead man by now if it had not been for this gentleman . ’
4 I would have died too if it had n't been for that telegraph pole . ’
5 And I 'll tell you somethin' else : your mother would n't have died if it had n't been for that man . ’
6 Deep inside , I thought that George loved Lennie and vice versa because if it had n't been for this love , they would n't have been able to survive happily together .
7 They have not been for some time except to people who still remember The Beatles and The Animals .
8 " I have n't been for some time .
9 " No , and there have n't been for some time . "
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