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Choose…ExceptUnlessBut for the generous donation, the hospice would have closed last winter.

Choose…Were it not forWere not it forWere they not for the tourist trade, the village would be almost empty.

Choose…Had it not been forWere it not been forHad not it been for the delay at customs, we would have caught our connection.

He spoke in a whisper lest anyone Choose…would overhearoverheardidn't overhear him.

Make a note of the date lest you Choose…don't forgetforgetwill forget.

The car park was empty Choose…let alonewere it not forbut for a single delivery van.

But for Choose…the fact thatbecausethat she spoke fluent Greek, we would never have found the hotel.

Had it not been for that chance meeting, I Choose…am notwon't bewouldn't be living in Lisbon now.

Were it not for her pension, she Choose…would strugglehad struggledwill struggle to pay the rent.