I. EXAMPLES: If it hadn’t been for your help, my experiments would have failed. If it hadn’t been for the lifeboat, I would have drowned. If it hadn’t been for her careful arrangement, the party would not have been a success. Without my persuasion, he would not have come. Without your financial support, we could not have finished the project II. DIALOGUES: Woman: Where’s my son? Fireman: Don’t worry, Miss, your son will be fine. We sent him to the hospital. Woman: Thank you so much. Fireman: You’re welcome. Woman: Without your help my son would have died in that fire. Fireman: We got here just in time. A minute later and it would have been almost impossible to save him.
