what will he do if you hadn't been there? vs what would he have done if you hadn't been there?

The two phrases are not directly comparable because they refer to different time frames. The first phrase 'what will he do if you hadn't been there?' mixes future ('will') and past perfect ('hadn't been'). The second phrase 'what would he have done if you hadn't been there?' is correct and refers to a hypothetical situation in the past.

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what will he do if you hadn't been there?

This phrase is not correct in English as it mixes future ('will') and past perfect ('hadn't been').

To correct this phrase, you can use 'what would he do if you hadn't been there?' to maintain the same time frame.

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And what will he do if you do tell him he is possessed by an angel?
But what will he do if he leaves France via an internal Community border where, in principle, these checks would no longer exist?
What will he do if he hasn't got a reference?
What will he do if he can't see?
What will he do if he encounters our soldiers - No, what if he meets one of our citizens -
And what would he do if you said no?
What would he do if he were here?
Okay, fine, the invisible man - what would he do if he existed?
George says, what does he do if he goes low?
What would he do if you went in there and sat on his lap?
What can I do if you're wrong?
So, what would you do if you were Palmer?
What would you do if you had privacy?
What else are we to do if you give up?
Beckett, what would you do if you were invisible?
What will Mascius do if you beat me?
What would it do if you saw it?
What would you do if you still could?
What would you do if you got herpes?
I - what would you do if you got pregnant?

Alternatives:

what would he do if you hadn't been there?

what would he have done if you hadn't been there?

This phrase is correct in English and refers to a hypothetical situation in the past.

This phrase is used to ask about a hypothetical action that someone would have taken if a certain condition had been different in the past.

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If your father could have brought back their spring, what would he have done?
What would he have done with it if he'd got that weapon?
What would he have done here without a piano?
You knew my father well What would he have done in my place?
What good would it have done if you had stayed?
And what would we have done if you didn't?
And what would you have done if I did?
And if he were ordered to destroy the world, would he have done it?
And if he was, why would he have done this?
You know what I would have done if it did?
And what would you have done if I did?
Can anything be done if you have one?
What would she have done if he'd left?
I mean, what would I have done if he had succeeded?
I suppose not, but how else would he have done it?
Now, why would he have done that unless he knew what was in the car? Chief...
Which I wouldn't have done if you did show up. Well.
What would you have done if you had been there?
Something I wouldn't have done if you was there.
I don't know what we would have done if you'd stayed away longer.

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what will he do if you hadn't been there? vs what would he have done if you hadn't been there?