Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] be for [det] " in BNC.
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1 | There is never a month that I am not overseas , and has n't been for many years — long before I achieved my present position . |
2 | ‘ 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 ’ . |
3 | ‘ Sir , ’ he said to the court , ‘ I would be a dead man by now if it had not been for this gentleman . ’ |
4 | I would have died too if it had n't been for that telegraph pole . ’ |
5 | And I 'll tell you somethin' else : your mother would n't have died if it had n't been for that man . ’ |
6 | ‘ If it had n't been for that you 'd never have found us . ’ |
7 | If it had n't been for that you 'd have reached Shipton and been on a train by now . ’ |
8 | It was in Schiaparelli that she met Tricarico , who brought her aboard the Resplendent Trogon , which led her into the presence of Balthazar Plum — and if it had n't been for all that , she would never have acquired the Alice in the first place . |
9 | There were no sounds of any kind coming from Alina 's bedroom , and had n't been for more than an hour . |
10 | Deep inside , I thought that George loved Lennie and vice versa because if it had n't been for this love , they would n't have been able to survive happily together . |
11 | They have not been for some time except to people who still remember The Beatles and The Animals . |
12 | " I have n't been for some time . |
13 | " No , and there have n't been for some time . " |