Example sentences of "[was/were] [not/n't] for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the months of recuperation and the months of rediscovering himself as a changed person , a quick-tempered , irritable person , nervous and hypochondriacal , Tom thought of sex and love as remote concepts that were not for him , that were ridiculous for him to consider . |
| 2 | If it were not for them he would not be free , he said . |
| 3 | Even when the first owners were crushed and dead , their things were not for you . |
| 4 | And remember , Rene , you were n't for me putting that on show , were you ? |
| 5 | Where would you be now if it were n't for me ? |
| 6 | ‘ If it were n't for me giving you a roof over your head after your mother had the gall to die on me , you would have ended up in the bloody workhouse ! |
| 7 | ‘ If it were n't for me old bones and the fact that I might be overlooked when the bidding starts , I would n't want you within a mile of that sale room . |
| 8 | And if he turns round and says owt , I 'll say , Ian if were n't for me your kids would be naked . |
| 9 | No , but they were n't for them , cos they , does n't really matter , they 've got so much pocket out of gas But the Gas is erm , make them increase prices at five per cent less than the rate of inflation that way . |
| 10 | His restlessness permeated the entire house , and she felt guilty , certain that her presence was tying him to Gullholm , that if it were n't for her he would go home , or visit one or other of his sisters or his mother , all of whom made regular telephone calls . |
| 11 | Externalisation or blaming — accepting that there are significant problems but blaming anything other than alcohol or drug use for their cause : " If it were n't for you I 'd be okay " . |
| 12 | ‘ If it were n't for you I 'd never have been out there in the first place . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ If it were n't for you I 'd have been fish-food by now . ’ |
| 14 | But it was not for her ; |
| 15 | Marriage was not for her , she told herself . |
| 16 | Such a false position was not for her , nor for her was the taunt of cowardice , so she smiled and assented , and allowed him to drag her into the sparsest area of the room . |
| 17 | The policewoman shot her a look which said that it was not for her to say so , even if she , herself , had been thinking it . |
| 18 | It was not for her to criticise him . |
| 19 | She had tried to enter the world of light , but it was not for her . |
| 20 | He had banged his glass on the table and it was not for her to disobey . |
| 21 | And as certainly as she knew these things , Cassie also knew that however it was that Johnny got his kicks , it was not for her . |
| 22 | If he felt that his work lay here , it was not for her to question his decision , but she sometimes wished that something might happen to make him change his mind . |
| 23 | No , it was not for her . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | It was not for me to tell him . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | However , it was not for me to tell him how to treat his advisers , and half an hour later three civil servants arrived with their notebooks whereupon I dictated my suggestions to them . |
| 28 | Resented by the air crews as well as the travelling public , it was not a good atmosphere in which to work , and I very soon decided it was not for me . |
| 29 | It did so badly afterwards that I decided racing was not for me . |
| 30 | I was enjoying it , but I just decided this was not for me |