Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [was/were] [pron] [not/n't] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | A great detective might have considered this an astounding coincidence were it not for the fact that the hostelry was the only place in the whole of King 's Magnum Parva where a lady or a gentleman might obtain a meal . |
| 2 | I would pause to wipe away a tear or two of my own at this point were it not for the fact that the dear departed , otherwise Rory Underwood , has decided not to depart . |
| 3 | It would be easy to dismiss this significance were it not for the fact that general or national interests continue to be important and highly effective rallying cries for much of contemporary politics . |
| 4 | ‘ We believe that we might have had it this year were it not for the election . ’ |
| 5 | The door opened unexpectedly , and he would have fallen into the dark kitchen were it not for the fact that after four inches it jarred and stuck . |
| 6 | We would not be mentioning that event in these pages were it not for the misspelling of his name — something confused with a food mixer . |
| 7 | Roxburgh 's observation that high expectation can be dangerous might have carried more weight were it not for the fact that nobody appears to have a loftier opinion of Ferguson than the 21-year-old himself . |
| 8 | The Goblin King , Grom the Paunch of Misty Mountain , infamous old Goblin Warlord and Lord of the Crags , was suddenly and unexpectedly struck by what could have been a big rock were it not for the sploshy red stuff that exploded from it , showering the goblin horde . |
| 9 | It would be an interminable occupation were it not for the fact that what one learns about the landscape of one town often throws a flash of light upon a topographical puzzle in another . |
| 10 | The conclusion might have been that Ealhfrith abdicated in a voluntary acceptance of the religious life were it not for Bede 's silence on the matter and his statement that Oswiu was attacked in the course of his reign by the Mercians , his nephew , Oethelwald , and by his own son , Ealhfrith ( HE III , 14 ) . |
| 11 | Even this would not in itself warrant lengthy description were it not for the fact that Verdun 's peculiarly sinister environment came to leave an imprint on men 's memories that stood apart from other battles of the First War ; and predominantly so in France where the nightmares it inspired lingered perniciously long years after the Armistice . |
| 12 | There was continued sniping about the March performance , with Rover , whose market share was down to less than 10 p.c. , claiming sales would have been down by 20 p.c. were it not for Ford ‘ buying market share ’ . |
| 13 | He could , Dalgliesh thought , have been judged an outstandingly handsome man were it not for a certain incongruity of feature , perhaps the contrast between the fineness of the skin stretched over the flat cheekbones and the strong jutting jaw and uncompromising mouth . |