Example sentences of "[be] [pron] [not/n't] [prep] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fergus said in a clear , hard voice , ‘ Why am I not in Grainne 's place ? |
| 2 | are you not in Ronnie 's constituency ? |
| 3 | Those of you who have no desire to program applications will probably be better off with Access , were it not for Borland 's tasty special offer price . |
| 4 | The conclusion might have been that Ealhfrith abdicated in a voluntary acceptance of the religious life were it not for Bede 's silence on the matter and his statement that Oswiu was attacked in the course of his reign by the Mercians , his nephew , Oethelwald , and by his own son , Ealhfrith ( HE III , 14 ) . |
| 5 | She loved the country life of the estate and could have been entirely happy were it not for Stephen 's habitual absences which only seemed to emphasise the constant presence of his mother . |
| 6 | Were it not for Papa 's dollars I would not look at her twice ! |
| 7 | These chemical reactions would normally proceed very slowly were it not for Nature 's invention of complex molecules called enzymes , which we have also met before in this chapter . |