Example sentences of "not been for his [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He has been one of the driving forces behind Musselburgh 's revival and had it not been for his stout efforts earlier in the season , the Stoneyhill club would never have been in the promotion challenge .
2 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 .
3 Cameron would have faced a High Court sentence had it not been for his good record , the sheriff added .
4 Kersey would have written him off as harmless had it not been for his extreme wariness .
5 This tally could possibly have been a lot more had it not been for his unreliable behaviour in the show ring .
6 The year belonged to Keke Rosberg at Williams — though Ferrari 's Didier Pironi might well have won the championship had it not been for his grave accident in the rain at Hockenheim .
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