Example sentences of "had not been for [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 Sleep would have come if it had not been for Hugh 's tossing and moaning .
2 Sleep would have come if it had not been for Hugh 's tossing and moaning .
3 If it had not been for Adam 's quick eyes we might never have seen anything amiss .
4 If it had not been for Elizabeth taking her in off the streets and giving her a home , then Tilly 's own life would have been empty .
5 If it had not been for Agnes 's willingness to help , poor Miss Watson would have been unaided in her weakness .
6 ‘ If it had not been for Tracy , I would not be a professional footballer any more .
7 Perhaps I might have recognized my own hypocrisy , if it had not been for Richard 's behaviour in the next months .
8 He was , by one account , " shattered by grief and almost despair " after Vivien 's death and , if it had not been for John Hayward 's help and encouragement , would have retired into complete seclusion .
9 But if it had not been for Hillary Clinton 's TV performance and George Bush 's Japanese collapse , neither of them might now be ordering the removal vans .
10 If it had not been for Jeremy 's displays of speed , power and massive wheelies , backed up by a courageous Robert Holden , these races would have been pretty flat beer .
11 There would n't have been an Opera House at all if it had n't been for Joseph F Warden , the actor manager who settled in Belfast in 1864 with his actress wife Jenny Bellair .
12 If it had n't been for Anna , she 'd have been gone at sunrise .
13 In fact , if it had n't been for Granpa I would n't even have been made to attend the local elementary school in Jubilee Street , and ‘ attend ’ was the right word , because I did n't do a lot once I 'd got there , other than bang the lid of my little desk and occasionally pull the pigtails of ‘ Posh Porky ’ , the girl who sat in front of me .
14 We must never forget , mind , either you or me , if it had n't been for Mrs Aggie and her yard , God knows where we would have been at this minute .
15 ‘ He would have been , ’ said Ruth , ‘ if it had n't been for Sarah . ’
16 If it had n't been for Willie 's attentive expression he would have stopped .
17 He went on , ‘ If it had n't been for Bertha sticking to her guns over the question of the house , I 'd have been married to Doreen by now — and that would have been a disaster . ’
18 If it had n't been for Müller .
19 If it had n't been for Müller 's exposure , he might have been amenable .
20 If it had n't been for Arthur Billstock , I would probably have taken the same road as Mark .
21 If it had n't been for Josie , she would n't even have been aware of it .
22 If it had n't been for Jill Morrell and the people at WTN , London would have left him to rot .
23 ‘ I saw exactly what he did and if it had n't been for Stuart those thieves would have got away .
24 No-one would have ever known about my moment of unfaithfulness if it had n't been for Mr Peter Lowe .
25 If it had n't been for George , Lennie would have probably lived unhappily and I doubt that he would have never received the love and care from anyone else .
26 If it had n't been for Kurt I would have done .
27 The true reason was that I want nothing to do with that country while it remains as it is , and if it had n't been for Jean-Paul I 'd have ceased all our operations out there years ago . ’
28 If it had n't been for Matthew — " She bit her lip , and then continued a moment later , " It was odd how I met him .
29 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 ?
30 If fact , if it had n't been for Finch 's increasing drinking problem , he himself would never have behaved on the set in anything other than a professional way .
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