Example sentences of "[conj] it was not for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I decided it all sounded so complicated that it was n't for me . |
| 2 | I decided that it was not for me and moved over to accountancy — I had always been reasonable at maths — working for the Co-op and attending college part time . |
| 3 | Almost immediately on arrival , surrounded by the cosmopolitan excitement of New York , its immense anonymity , the total lack of personal interest shown towards him after having been the centre of warmth and appreciation in Montreal , he knew that it was not for him . |
| 4 | The Commissioner pointed out that it was not for him to decide how statutes should be interpreted but he was satisfied that the complaints about odours from the factory had not been ignored . |
| 5 | The policewoman shot her a look which said that it was not for her to say so , even if she , herself , had been thinking it . |
| 6 | He had banged his glass on the table and it was not for her to disobey . |
| 7 | I do n't like to remind you of this , but if it was n't for me , you 'd be in a bedsit somewhere now , living off the DHSS . |
| 8 | ‘ We 'd be a lot thinner than this if it was n't for me , would n't we , Ted ? ’ he said . |
| 9 | You 'd be walking if it was n't for me . |
| 10 | Well you would n't of got them if it was n't for me |
| 11 | ‘ I would n't be at Arsenal if it was n't for him . |
| 12 | If it was n't for him , I 'd have talked Dimitri round . |
| 13 | ‘ Look , if it was n't for him … ’ |
| 14 | ‘ If it was n't for him we 'd still have the empire . ’ |
| 15 | If it was n't for him it would have been in bits . |
| 16 | If it was n't for them , he 'd be feeling like he was home again . |
| 17 | I mean , if it was n't for them and the way they voted ! |
| 18 | If it was n't for her we 'd never have set foot in Farmhouse Grim . |
| 19 | She said to me once , ‘ That stupid yank bitch , if it was n't for her , I could have this baby ’ . ’ |
| 20 | It 's her fault , that bitch Caroline with her red hair and her expensive perfume — he would n't be here if it was n't for her , it was her that had killed him . |
| 21 | If it was n't for her would you come away with me ? ’ |
| 22 | If it was n't for her , Emma would understand how I feel . |
| 23 | " If it was n't for you two , " my mother told us , " I could be off somewhere else . " |
| 24 | I might have stopped it already if it was n't for you . |
| 25 | ‘ You know , Athelstan , if it was n't for you and your bloody logic , I 'd put the entire mystery down to witchcraft . |
| 26 | If it was n't for us he would starve . |
| 27 | If it was n't for us he would rob you , |
| 28 | If it was not for her , this Council would have had more opportunity of addressing some of the deep problems the Tories either created or left behind . |
| 29 | It was comforting and easy , but it was n't for him . |
| 30 | But it was not for her ; |