Example sentences of "be [prep] [noun] ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it had n't of been for Steve 's car breaking down and him having |
| 2 | Had it not been for Helmut 's wealth and his travels , we should not have had anything like the variety of food Mme Guérigny put on her table . |
| 3 | Sleep would have come if it had not been for Hugh 's tossing and moaning . |
| 4 | Sleep would have come if it had not been for Hugh 's tossing and moaning . |
| 5 | If it had n't been for Müller 's exposure , he might have been amenable . |
| 6 | Had it not been for Goleniewski 's information , which the court could not be told about , Blake would never have been caught and because Goleniewski could not have given evidence without Blake 's confession he could not have been brought to trial . |
| 7 | If it had not been for Agnes 's willingness to help , poor Miss Watson would have been unaided in her weakness . |
| 8 | If it had n't been for Lotta 's appearance on the scene , who knew how badly the walls of her own citadel might have been rocked by the forceful vibes he 'd transmitted ? |
| 9 | Had it not been for Pam 's voice cajoling him onward and upward , he would have given up the struggle . |
| 10 | Indeed , the Minister of the Legation , Captain ( later Sir ) Vyvyan Holt , was later to say that he would not have survived one of their many forced marches in intense cold had it not been for Blake 's courage and help . |
| 11 | Perhaps I might have recognized my own hypocrisy , if it had not been for Richard 's behaviour in the next months . |
| 12 | He turned to Kraal and said , ‘ These preparations are for Minch 's return . |
| 13 | Those green things are for Susannah 's picnic . |
| 14 | ‘ The House is fronted with white bricks of the best quality , ’ wrote Sir John Soane , its architect , in 1788 , ‘ the steps , window dressings , cornices etc are chiefly of Portland Stone , and the capitals to the pilasters are of Coade 's manufactury . |
| 15 | ‘ They 're for Rob 's wedding … ’ |
| 16 | ‘ They 're after Grunte 's blood , ’ the agent had said , ‘ and I do n't blame them . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ You 're in Alexei 's charge , ’ Jelian said . |
| 18 | Yes we 'll all do our best — we 're in Molly 's team |
| 19 | ‘ We 're in Daine 's Dream now , but Daine 's Dream country is in my Dream continent , my Dream universe . ’ |
| 20 | Nonetheless , implementation independence has had a powerful effect on AI thinking about metaphysical problems , and has been behind McCarthy 's insistence that AI must be defined as the study of intelligent mechanisms independent of their implementation in machines or brains , and hence to a general denial that AI is , in any strong sense , about machines . |
| 21 | The suggestion at the time that the Labour Party had been behind Profumo 's downfall was a little unfair to many members who repeatedly expressed their misgivings about the scandalous imputations , which several of them could not regard as a proper currency for a political difference . |
| 22 | His study and attic are like Santa 's workshop , filled with a jumble of magic things . |
| 23 | They are like Cuvier 's heel-bone , a minute particle of the whole from which the entire anatomy of the terrestrial animal can be reconstructed . |
| 24 | All the beasts of the forest are under God 's power though allocated to the Lele for food . |
| 25 | Punjab had been under president 's rule since May 1987 and its assembly , suspended at that time , had been dissolved in March 1988 [ see p. 36692 for constitutional amendment passed at that time allowing for the continuation of president 's rule for three years ] . |
| 26 | On April 8 state Governor C. Panigrahi invited the leader of the local Congress ( I ) to form a government in Manipur , which had been under president 's rule since Jan. 7 [ see p. 38727 ] . |
| 27 | In any event , if you are within arm 's length , you are too close for optimum speechreading . |
| 28 | I am in Sam 's oar boat , enjoying the luxury of safety straps to hang on to . |
| 29 | But er , yes er , I would have been er , I think if I 'd still been in Jim 's place , er quite rightly so , getting all that we can for the town . |
| 30 | If I 'd been in Bill 's position I , or if we 'd had been in Bill 's position , we 'd have done the same as well . |