Example sentences of "[not/n't] [been] for [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Had it not been for that publication Sally might have avoided that almost overwhelming sea of troubles which resulted from harmlessly intended praise . ’ |
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 | Had it not been for another round of cost cutting , the group would have crept back into the black last year . |
4 | They have not been for some time except to people who still remember The Beatles and The Animals . |
5 | ‘ Sir , ’ he said to the court , ‘ I would be a dead man by now if it had not been for this gentleman . ’ |
6 | I would have died too if it had n't been for that telegraph pole . ’ |
7 | And I 'll tell you somethin' else : your mother would n't have died if it had n't been for that man . ’ |
8 | 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 . |
9 | " I have n't been for some time . |
10 | " No , and there have n't been for some time . " |