Example sentences of "not [been] for [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If it had not been for Tracy , I would not be a professional footballer any more . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | If it had not been for Adam 's quick eyes we might never have seen anything amiss . |
| 6 | ‘ So , all in all , last year , I was quite ready to liquidate some of my American assets , and I would have done so , had it not been for Edouard . ’ |
| 7 | Sleep would have come if it had not been for Hugh 's tossing and moaning . |
| 8 | Sleep would have come if it had not been for Hugh 's tossing and moaning . |
| 9 | If it had not been for Agnes 's willingness to help , poor Miss Watson would have been unaided in her weakness . |
| 10 | Perhaps I might have recognized my own hypocrisy , if it had not been for Richard 's behaviour in the next months . |
| 11 | It does not seem unreasonable to suggest that Graham Gooch would never have got any further than being Ted Dexter 's favourite wet fish had it not been for Fletcher 's overwhelming if understated influence . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Had it not been for Pam 's voice cajoling him onward and upward , he would have given up the struggle . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Voeller might have scored in the 24th minute had it not been for Andy Goram 's fine save from a powerful 20-yard shot , but seven minutes later he set up Marseille 's opener . |
| 17 | After de Raimes sacked Tracy he kept us in a dungeon for three months until Alice was forced to become his mistress , and had it not been for Edmund I would have lost my mind . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |