Example sentences of "[was/were] [not/n't] for the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be nice to dismiss this as a problem concerning a far-off country paying the price of its excess , if it was not for the West 's dependency on Japan 's past boom . |
| 2 | If it was not for the Leeds fans and manager Howard Wilkinson I would not have got anywhere near this . |
| 3 | The committee would never have given me this show if it was n't for the Machin revival . |
| 4 | I 'm almost certain I would never have been a writer if it was n't for the Moroneys . |
| 5 | After all if it was n't for the Maxwell fraud , the Good Committee would never have been set up . |