Example sentences of "[vb past] 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 .
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