Example sentences of "[verb] not [been] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | There was a lesson at school I should have loved if it had not been for poor Lucy . |
2 | But she brought them because it salved her conscience to bring something , and she had not been for two weeks now . |
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 | ‘ Sir , ’ he said to the court , ‘ I would be a dead man by now if it had not been for this gentleman . ’ |
5 | And equally clearly , concealed in the base of the box , it had not been for public view . |
6 | They have not been for some time except to people who still remember The Beatles and The Animals . |