Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [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 were marching behind the others with great dignity , accountable as they had always been for good order and common sense and respectable behaviour .
7 And there had also been for many years the musical evenings at your parents ' home .
8 I would have died too if it had n't been for that telegraph pole . ’
9 And I 'll tell you somethin' else : your mother would n't have died if it had n't been for that man . ’
10 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 .
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