Example sentences of "n't for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | yesterday I have n't for four for five years . |
| 2 | It was n't for many weeks after coming to Chesney that Peach ventured out . |
| 3 | Thus it was n't for many years after the first inhibitor experiments were reported that I actually got around to test their effects myself . |
| 4 | I 'd have a lot more if it was n't for bloody death duties . ’ |
| 5 | I 've already told him I 'm gon na get my arse kicked cos I have n't for eight you see . |
| 6 | With all these charges you can see that PEPs are n't for short-term investors . |
| 7 | And there 's Master Tristram pretending he 's not listening to his father , who might 've been sitting in the Fowey stocks by now if it was n't for that same father 's efforts . " |
| 8 | ‘ She 'd be alive today if it was n't for that . ’ |
| 9 | If it were n't for that bloody fire , you 'd never ‘ a ’ brought that damned woman and her brats to this house . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I would n't be a cook if it was n't for that . |
| 11 | Weenie would be normal enough , I think , if it were n't for that . |
| 12 | ‘ If it was n't for that poor bugger , I would be getting as pissed as a bishop 's fart in the Crossed Keys and you would be back in your decrepit church feeding that bloody cat or watching your bloody stars ! |
| 13 | He then pointed to his helmet and was heard to say ‘ If it was n't for that I 'd be dead . ’ |
| 14 | It 's cos I was n't for that . |
| 15 | Could n't for that could you ? |
| 16 | If it was n't for that I 'd I so , ca n't get what I should of done . |
| 17 | In the locker room the steel grilles are pasted with letters that say , Thanks for your kindness for making a tough time much easier to bear , and , If it was n't for all of you there at the hospital I do n't know how we would have survived . |
| 18 | is n't for all kids — some kids find it excruciating ; boring , meaningless and fruitless as well 'cos they 're not going to get anything . |
| 19 | No , no oh I agree people should n't let dogs foul on the pavement and in shopping places and things , cos it can be dangerous , but out in the woodlands if it was n't for all the animals we would n't have any green stuff , trees and bushes seagulls are up . |
| 20 | But do n't for one moment feel you 're fickle if you change your perfume constantly , on a whim . |
| 21 | He did n't for one minute expect that sort of treatment in Gloucester , but that was how he would spend this afternoon . |
| 22 | But he would n't for one good reason — he is not in the same league as our two . |
| 23 | But do n't for one moment think that Munich should be left solely for the more seriously-minded visitor . |
| 24 | " That 's just possible as an explanation , " said his wife , " if it were n't for one thing . " |
| 25 | Lucy did n't for one moment think that she could trick him or trip him , but knew that he 'd see her as young and naive and so might just let her get away with a little more . |
| 26 | But I would n't for one moment suggest to the panel that windfalls and recycling of land should n't continue to take place . |
| 27 | A letter dated March 2nd already betrays some misgiving through its protestation : ‘ I do n't for one minute doubt about the fall of Verdun . ’ |
| 28 | Yeah , well one lot of tablets were , was , they were n't for relaxing tablets but they were called er |
| 29 | This place ai n't for real . |
| 30 | But it was n't for real … the students of the Oxford University Union were getting their new season under way . |