Example sentences of "[verb] n't be for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would have died too if it had n't been for that telegraph pole . ’ |
| 2 | And I 'll tell you somethin' else : your mother would n't have died if it had n't been for that man . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | " I have n't been for some time . |
| 5 | " No , and there have n't been for some time . " |