Example sentences of "be [prep] [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it had not been for Adam 's quick eyes we might never have seen anything amiss . |
| 2 | If it had n't of been for Steve 's car breaking down and him having |
| 3 | If it had n't been for Willie 's attentive expression he would have stopped . |
| 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 | Sleep would have come if it had not been for Hugh 's tossing and moaning . |
| 6 | Sleep would have come if it had not been for Hugh 's tossing and moaning . |
| 7 | If it had n't been for Müller 's exposure , he might have been amenable . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | If it had not been for Agnes 's willingness to help , poor Miss Watson would have been unaided in her weakness . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | If it had n't been for Lotta 's appearance on the scene , who knew how badly the walls of her own citadel might have been rocked by the forceful vibes he 'd transmitted ? |
| 12 | Jack always saw Piggy as a burden and if it had not been for Piggy 's spectacles Piggy would have been even more hated by Jack . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Had it not been for Pam 's voice cajoling him onward and upward , he would have given up the struggle . |
| 15 | Safety from Angel One , whom he felt sure had intended to kill them , had n't it been for Grant 's timely arrival . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | If fact , if it had n't been for Finch 's increasing drinking problem , he himself would never have behaved on the set in anything other than a professional way . |
| 18 | On the contrary , such dispositions of honores and patronage were , as they had been for Charles 's predecessors , crucial instruments of royal power in the regions . |
| 19 | Perhaps I might have recognized my own hypocrisy , if it had not been for Richard 's behaviour in the next months . |
| 20 | But then I put two pounds , which should have been off Linda 's . |
| 21 | He turned to Kraal and said , ‘ These preparations are for Minch 's return . |
| 22 | Of the 183 paintings , 56 are for Madrid 's Reina Sofia Centre for Contemporary Art . |
| 23 | Those green things are for Susannah 's picnic . |
| 24 | Encouraged by the pride of the town authorities , the Guy Fawkes celebrations provided an annual explosion for the town 's poor : deprived as they had been of saints ' days with the advent of Puritanism , they came from the miserable hovels cramped in the town 's back alleys to protest not only against the symbols of oppression but also , in bad years , against the local oligarchy . |
| 25 | ‘ The House is fronted with white bricks of the best quality , ’ wrote Sir John Soane , its architect , in 1788 , ‘ the steps , window dressings , cornices etc are chiefly of Portland Stone , and the capitals to the pilasters are of Coade 's manufactury . |
| 26 | ‘ They 're for Rob 's wedding … ’ |
| 27 | ‘ They 're after Grunte 's blood , ’ the agent had said , ‘ and I do n't blame them . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ You 're in Alexei 's charge , ’ Jelian said . |
| 29 | Next time you 're in Sainsbury 's or Savacentre , check out Regime , the new own-brand hypo-allergenic skin-care system that is n't tested on animals . |
| 30 | Yes we 'll all do our best — we 're in Molly 's team |