Example sentences of "[was/were] n't [prep] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh well it were n't to me cos I probably would have given you the eight |
| 2 | And remember , Rene , you were n't for me putting that on show , were you ? |
| 3 | Where would you be now if it were n't for me ? |
| 4 | ‘ 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 ! |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | And if he turns round and says owt , I 'll say , Ian if were n't for me your kids would be naked . |
| 7 | I stopped calling Leon 's name and felt unreasonably furtive , wished the dogs were n't with me , they made such a noise . |
| 8 | No , they were n't with me when I bought that . |
| 9 | Mum said did I , it was , oh no you were n't with me |
| 10 | It was n't for me . |
| 11 | It just was n't for me . |
| 12 | I decided it all sounded so complicated that it was n't for me . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ We 'd be a lot thinner than this if it was n't for me , would n't we , Ted ? ’ he said . |
| 15 | This was n't for me . |
| 16 | ‘ My mother thought it was a safe job but it just was n't for me . ’ |
| 17 | You 'd be walking if it was n't for me . |
| 18 | Well you would n't of got them if it was n't for me |
| 19 | ‘ I never listened to her so I did n't notice she was n't with me , ’ he said . |
| 20 | Stephen was on the plane too — I do n't know why — but he was n't with me . |
| 21 | near Kettering , Don went to er Northampton and then finally I went to Rushden and er I 'd been there about a year and all of a sudden there was a call in for Shorteners at so I went down on the bike and er what er the one over me who , who was elderly , well was n't over me but he was er he was on my job but the senior man on it he come in , the boss had sent him in to have a look cos the er Shorteners were complaining , and er then they rang up for one of us , he said well I 'm not leaving till I 've solved this problem so I had to go . |
| 22 | ‘ I was n't like me at that moment . |
| 23 | It is quite common , in everyday discourse , to say things like ‘ I was n't really myself ’ or ‘ It was n't like me to do that ’ . |
| 24 | That was n't like me . |
| 25 | I called him Benjamin because he was n't like me , rotten and twisted , but tall and noble . |