Example sentences of "not [been] [prep] that [noun] " 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 | Bull has now failed to score for seven games but Turner said : ‘ There is not a striker in the country who has not been through that sort of spell . ’ |
| 4 | She had not been in that position . |
| 5 | You have n't been outside that door for days . |
| 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 | One morning he also opened up the building , went upstairs and came down and there was these fresh footprints on a part of the building which he had n't been at that time and he , like myself , looked all over the building and not a soul in sight . |
| 9 | The demolition workers had n't been in that day . |
| 10 | If I had n't been in that bar at that time , perhaps all this would have happened to somebody else . |
| 11 | Accidental fires do happen when the Peak is very dry but we have n't been in that situation yet . |