Example sentences of "n't been for [det] " in BNC.

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1 I would have died too if it had n't been for that telegraph pole . ’
2 And I 'll tell you somethin' else : your mother would n't have died if it had n't been for that man . ’
3 ‘ If it had n't been for that you 'd never have found us . ’
4 If it had n't been for that you 'd have reached Shipton and been on a train by now . ’
5 There is never a month that I am not overseas , and has n't been for many years — long before I achieved my present position .
6 It was in Schiaparelli that she met Tricarico , who brought her aboard the Resplendent Trogon , which led her into the presence of Balthazar Plum — and if it had n't been for all that , she would never have acquired the Alice in the first place .
7 There were no sounds of any kind coming from Alina 's bedroom , and had n't been for more than an hour .
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 . "
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