Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] n't been for [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Yes dear I went to erm , er the er holiday camp in October to erm , er with the Red Cross and I went with the , Charlie took me and I went in a car with a friend of mine we went to the Red Cross holiday in Patefield , but it poured of rain every day every day it poured of rain did n't October it was terrible , ever so cold , but we were well looked after you know and I enjoyed it and we had the wheelchairs to go around in on for the dancing , it was really great I thoroughly enjoyed it , I have n't been for two years I had n't , but I went like in October , cos you 're only allowed really every two years to go , that 's all you 're allowed really , but I thoroughly enjoyed it you know , it was nice |
2 | Cos I have n't been for two years since I 've been to that one ! |
3 | " I have n't been for some time . |
4 | You 're lucky , I have n't been for three days . |
5 | I have n't been for three years . |
6 | It was her idea to come here each summer , but she has n't been for three years now . |
7 | " No , and there have n't been for some time . " |
8 | It has n't been for three years . " |
9 | It was in Schiaparelli that she met Tricarico , who brought her aboard the Resplendent Trogon , which led her into the presence of Balthazar Plum — and if it had n't been for all that , she would never have acquired the Alice in the first place . |
10 | I would have died too if it had n't been for that telegraph pole . ’ |
11 | And I 'll tell you somethin' else : your mother would n't have died if it had n't been for that man . ’ |
12 | ‘ If it had n't been for that you 'd never have found us . ’ |
13 | If it had n't been for that you 'd have reached Shipton and been on a train by now . ’ |
14 | 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 . |