Example sentences of "if [pers pn] be [not/n't] for [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | It says : ‘ If I am not for myself , who will be for me ? ’ |
2 | If you 're not for me , you 're against me . |
3 | ‘ Even if they are n't for my eyes , ’ he had added with a twinkle . |
4 | If it was n't for their guns you 'd laugh . |
5 | He said : ‘ I would n't be here today if it was n't for their dedication , and the anonymous heart donor who I 'll be saying a little prayer for . ’ |
6 | 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 . |
7 | ‘ We 'd be a lot thinner than this if it was n't for me , would n't we , Ted ? ’ he said . |
8 | You 'd be walking if it was n't for me . |
9 | Well you would n't of got them if it was n't for me |
10 | ‘ I would n't be at Arsenal if it was n't for him . |
11 | If it was n't for him , I 'd have talked Dimitri round . |
12 | ‘ Look , if it was n't for him … ’ |
13 | ‘ If it was n't for him we 'd still have the empire . ’ |
14 | If it was n't for him it would have been in bits . |
15 | If it was n't for them , he 'd be feeling like he was home again . |
16 | I mean , if it was n't for them and the way they voted ! |
17 | If it was n't for her we 'd never have set foot in Farmhouse Grim . |
18 | She said to me once , ‘ That stupid yank bitch , if it was n't for her , I could have this baby ’ . ’ |
19 | 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 . |
20 | If it was n't for her would you come away with me ? ’ |
21 | If it was n't for her , Emma would understand how I feel . |
22 | Your father and I would still be in Akmeyon if it was n't for your zeide . |
23 | if it was n't for your Dynamike I do n't know what I 'd do with myself of an evening . |
24 | Now a mature 10-year-old , Lois , from Aintree , says : ‘ I do n't think I would be doing comedy if it was n't for my dad . ’ |
25 | ‘ I would n't have achieved what I have , if it was n't for my dad . ’ |
26 | ‘ Albert would soon sort her out if it was n't for his worries , ’ Mrs Dyson said . |
27 | We 'd be up there challenging the scum if it was n't for his lack of goals . |
28 | IF it was n't for his dad , Chris Boardman says there is no way he would be the proud owner of an Olympic gold medal , MBE … and Echo Sports Personality of the Year award . |
29 | " If it was n't for you two , " my mother told us , " I could be off somewhere else . " |
30 | I might have stopped it already if it was n't for you . |