Fırtına olmasaydı daha erken varırdım.
- But for the storm, I would have arrived earlier.
Harita olmasaydı yolu bulamazdık.
- But for the map, we could not have found the way.
Yardımın olmasaydı, zorlukla baş edemezdim.
- But for your help I could not have got over the hardship.
Dil olmasa, düşünce olmazdı.
- But for language, there would be no thought.
But for the stinging cold of January, this Casanova would not have taken shelter behind the coffeehouse window, .