Example sentences of "[not/n't] [be] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roosevelt might nevertheless have got his way in 1943 , had it not been for developments inside France . |
| 2 | But everything else had been alive and splendid in a way it had not been for years . |
| 3 | Rentokil would not have won the coveted Business Enterprise Award as company of the year had it not been for individuals playing their part , as our Chief Executive Clive Thompson reiterated ‘ this award is for the Rentokil people and the contribution this Company has made to improving the environment ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ Not till the next time you come , anyway , and that might not be for ages . ’ |
| 5 | Such people have been dubbed ‘ carbohydrate cravers ’ by researchers , but many now think that the primary craving may not be for carbohydrates but for fats . |
| 6 | She said no she said we have n't been for ages . |
| 7 | Yes , but he has n't been for ages has he ? |
| 8 | Kathy made two cups of tea and said firmly , ‘ You are n't yourself , Clare , and you have n't been for months . ’ |
| 9 | But we have n't been for months . |
| 10 | There was no one in the staff sitting room , but then , there had n't been for years . |
| 11 | Oh yes and there were eight choir men , you see , well no choir at all there had n't been for years , you see so er and I had a photograph somewhere of my father with eight choir men , you see , and er well after that |
| 12 | ‘ Yes , but that wo n't be for years yet ! ’ |