Example sentences of "not been [prep] [pron] [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 .
7 They brought with them their families , particularly the young children , and under this stimulus the seaside holiday became something which it had not been in its aristocratic heyday — a family affair .
8 ‘ We are interested but that 's as far as it has gone because Alex Ferguson has shown no desire to let him go , and that 's despite the fact that Neil has not been in his first team .
9 ‘ Brother Tutilo has not been in my especial care until this journey , ’ he said carefully , ‘ but I have always found him truly devoted to our house of Ramsey .
10 ‘ You , that have not been near me all day , and would n't have been if I was dying ! ’
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