Example sentences of "[adv] been for [adj] " 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 the , the chain sir the chain of logic and of course had it not been with one inter interposing there , had it not been for void restrictions , it would not have written , that 's when they were written , they were written only because of the restrictions that 's what enabled them to be written
3 Had it not been for splintered wood and debris Alas on deck , and a ripped sail or two , the storm might have seemed no more than a bad dream .
4 Egg theft would have been far worse had it not been for round-the-clock protection from the army at the end of the season .
5 And equally clearly , concealed in the base of the box , it had not been for public view .
6 St Joseph 's old boy Jim D'Avila , Labour 's candidate in Swindon at the last election , says his parents would have sent him elsewhere had it not been for subsidised transport .
7 Had it not been for human kindess he would have ended up in a pork pie .
8 While the TMI accident would not have progressed to the stage it did had it not been for human error , it highlighted the fact that reactor designers and operators had to give more attention to the reliability of the system and its components , and their interaction under accident conditions .
9 Had it not been for seasonal visitors , the list of locally popular dishes would have been depressingly brief ; burned steaks , fried fish , and barbecued chicken .
10 However , both Royal Scottish and the Bank , might have missed out on the business had it not been for quick-thinking Dave Chinchen , a Bank Officer at Southampton High Street Branch .
11 Kennedy might thus have decided that the question was not worth pursuing had it not been for British persistence and Foreign Office assessments which suggested that the Soviets themselves hoped that an agreement of some kind might result .
12 They were marching behind the others with great dignity , accountable as they had always been for good order and common sense and respectable behaviour .
13 Subsequent Acts have tended to produce more detailed requirements , but the main thrust has always been for nationalized industries ' accounts to produce , as a minimum , the amount and kind of information that a PLC has to produce .
14 Yeah I ai n't been for blooming ages .
15 She ai n't been for long while has she ?
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