Example sentences of "n't [be] for the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Of course , he 'd never have made it if it had n't been for the skill of our local doctor ’ |
| 2 | If it had n't been for the help from her children she could n't have managed it . |
| 3 | If it had n't been for the breastplate of blood , he could have been asleep , legs stuck out , head slumped forward , his woollen cap slipped over his right eye . |
| 4 | Behind his scowling manner was a kindly old man and if it had n't been for the arrival of a rather insipid little boy , she might never have known , nor might anyone else for that matter . |
| 5 | If it had n't been for the proximity of the tall dour houses and the unexpected kindness of a young girl , Craig would have been recaptured at once . |
| 6 | I do n't know how well we will do it , but it wo n't be for the want of trying . ’ |
| 7 | And it wo n't be for the whole of a c of a company 's range , it 'll just be for one specific product at a time . |
| 8 | We are to have larger leagues next season and in the long run that ca n't be for the good of the game in Wales . |