Example sentences of "it have not be for his " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it had not been for his clothes and the rings on his fingers I would have scarcely recognised him . ’ |
| 2 | Sarah and Terry had no alternative but she and John could have had months of courtship before he went away if it had not been for his stubbornness . |
| 3 | Brian had given Scarlet the impression that , if it had not been for his first wife and her child , and his second wife and her child , he would have been living a life of carefree splendour in a house adjacent to the park . |
| 4 | He guided Alexandra out of the kitchen and along a passage so dark that if it had not been for his hand on her elbow , she would not have known where she was going . |
| 5 | If it had n't been for his diligent research and dogged answer seeking , I would n't be leaving for America two hours from now in the hope of a cure . |
| 6 | Adam would have faced almost certain death if it had n't been for his quick thinking . |
| 7 | He 'd begun to tell her an anecdote about the time he 'd been trying out some play in Brighton when he 'd very nearly missed the curtain because he 'd accidentally locked himself in his hotel-room , and how if it had n't been for his wife — ; realising his blunder he broke off and wanted to know if she minded his being married . |
| 8 | If it had n't been for his quick-mindedness , he said , goodness knows what scandal might not have ensued . |
| 9 | They 'd have sacked him , if it had n't been for his war-record — it would n't have looked good . |
| 10 | If it had n't been for his harsh , laboured breathing , Isabel would not have known that he still lived . |