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