They would have reached the nursery in time had it not been that the little stars were watching them.

要不是那些小星星在看着他们，他们会及时赶到婴儿室的。

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The game ended in a tame 1-1 draw that probably would have slipped from the memory had it not been my first visit to the Monumental.

这场比赛以平淡的1-1打平结束，如果不是因为这是我第一次去纪念碑球场，我可能已经忘记了。

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Had it not been for his family, He'd have gone away long ago.

要是没有家眷拖累，他早就远走高飞了。

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Many of these late nineteenth century houses would not have been built had it not been for a major tragedy.

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It's not a simple matter. Imagine what it would be like if you had to learn about sixty such things?

绝不是个简单的事,想象一下如果你得学,六十个字母会是什么状况

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As I say, the syllabuses should be accessible on the Classsv2 server; however, I've had problems with that in the past and you should please let me know if it's not.

你们可以在2号课程服务器上下载大纲;,不过我曾经下载不了,如果现在还不能下的话，一定要告诉我。

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Had it not been for penalties, the two teams would surely have played all night.

BBC: Zambia 0-0 Nigeria (Nigeria win 5-4 on penalties)

Had it not been for this market drop, would you have been able to afford it?

CNN: Transcript of May 'CNN Money Summit: Money & Main St.'

Both fines would have been higher still had it not been for Shell's co-operation with investigators.

ECONOMIST: A damning verdict | The