Example sentences of "[subord] it was not for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ We 'd be a lot thinner than this if it was n't for me , would n't we , Ted ? ’ he said . |
| 3 | You 'd be walking if it was n't for me . |
| 4 | Well you would n't of got them if it was n't for me |
| 5 | ‘ I would n't be at Arsenal if it was n't for him . |
| 6 | If it was n't for him , I 'd have talked Dimitri round . |
| 7 | ‘ Look , if it was n't for him … ’ |
| 8 | ‘ If it was n't for him we 'd still have the empire . ’ |
| 9 | If it was n't for him it would have been in bits . |
| 10 | If it was n't for them , he 'd be feeling like he was home again . |
| 11 | I mean , if it was n't for them and the way they voted ! |
| 12 | If it was n't for her we 'd never have set foot in Farmhouse Grim . |
| 13 | She said to me once , ‘ That stupid yank bitch , if it was n't for her , I could have this baby ’ . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | If it was n't for her would you come away with me ? ’ |
| 16 | If it was n't for her , Emma would understand how I feel . |
| 17 | " If it was n't for you two , " my mother told us , " I could be off somewhere else . " |
| 18 | I might have stopped it already if it was n't for you . |
| 19 | ‘ You know , Athelstan , if it was n't for you and your bloody logic , I 'd put the entire mystery down to witchcraft . |
| 20 | If it was n't for us he would starve . |
| 21 | If it was n't for us he would rob you , |
| 22 | 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 . |