Example sentences of "if [pers pn] be [adv] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It says : ‘ If I am not for myself , who will be for me ? ’ |
| 2 | But then the saying adds : ‘ If I am only for myself , what am I ? ’ |
| 3 | If you 're not for me , you 're against me . |
| 4 | yeah he looked a bit bad but if you 're off for one you might as well be off for two ai n't ya ? |
| 5 | ‘ Knowing your superb taste , Uncle , it sounds as if we 're in for something of a treat , ’ Naylor replied . |
| 6 | ‘ Even if they are n't for my eyes , ’ he had added with a twinkle . |
| 7 | If it 's just for yourself and you fall off and hurt yourself you can pull out , and nobody 's the worse off , but if you 're in a team you 've got to get round else the whole team is in the cart . |
| 8 | ‘ Here , let me pull the paper off now that you 've undone the ribbon and tape , or it wo n't feel as if it 's really for me . ’ |
| 9 | If it was n't for their guns you 'd laugh . |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ We 'd be a lot thinner than this if it was n't for me , would n't we , Ted ? ’ he said . |
| 13 | You 'd be walking if it was n't for me . |
| 14 | Well you would n't of got them if it was n't for me |
| 15 | ‘ I would n't be at Arsenal if it was n't for him . |
| 16 | If it was n't for him , I 'd have talked Dimitri round . |
| 17 | ‘ Look , if it was n't for him … ’ |
| 18 | ‘ If it was n't for him we 'd still have the empire . ’ |
| 19 | If it was n't for him it would have been in bits . |
| 20 | If it was n't for them , he 'd be feeling like he was home again . |
| 21 | I mean , if it was n't for them and the way they voted ! |
| 22 | If it was n't for her we 'd never have set foot in Farmhouse Grim . |
| 23 | She said to me once , ‘ That stupid yank bitch , if it was n't for her , I could have this baby ’ . ’ |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | If it was n't for her would you come away with me ? ’ |
| 26 | If it was n't for her , Emma would understand how I feel . |
| 27 | Your father and I would still be in Akmeyon if it was n't for your zeide . |
| 28 | if it was n't for your Dynamike I do n't know what I 'd do with myself of an evening . |
| 29 | 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 . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I would n't have achieved what I have , if it was n't for my dad . ’ |