Example sentences of "it [was/were] not for [pron] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean , if it was n't for them and the way they voted ! |
| 2 | ‘ You know , Athelstan , if it was n't for you and your bloody logic , I 'd put the entire mystery down to witchcraft . |
| 3 | And perhaps it was n't for you and Maria Luisa … ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It was not for them but for the ruling CPP to decide what best promoted the goals Nkrumah outlined . |
| 6 | It was not for nothing that he was chosen as Mr Squeaky Clean after the sexual and financial aberrations of his two predecessors . |
| 7 | It was not for nothing that he paid house insurance . |
| 8 | For example where the handbrake of a motor car is released and the car is allowed to run down a hill by itself the offence under section 12 would not be committed as it was not for his or another 's use . |