Example sentences of "it be [adv] [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Think carefully before you decide — will it be just for you , or will other members of your family want to use the computer ? |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 " . |
| 7 | ‘ If it were n't for you I 'd never have been out there in the first place . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ If it were n't for you I 'd have been fish-food by now . ’ |
| 9 | Oh well it were n't to me cos I probably would have given you the eight |
| 10 | If it were up to me , I 'd jock you off for the rest of the season . |
| 11 | ‘ How do you mean ‘ if it were up to me ’ ? ’ |
| 12 | And if it were up to me , I 'd just want to talk about music , about a certain passage of Mozart and how I would place the emphasis at certain points , and how I feel I 'm a good interpreter at the piano , but not particularly a good technician … ‘ |
| 13 | If it were not for them he would not be free , he said . |
| 14 | ‘ Because if it were not on you would not be able to see . ’ |
| 15 | She did not regain consciousness at any point ; it was almost , he thought bitterly , as if it were not worth her while to say goodbye to him . |
| 16 | It were enough for me to take back to our branch and say " it 's us against them " . " |
| 17 | It 's already on them thanks . |
| 18 | It 's strictly between him and the AMA . |
| 19 | If you 're near the limit , then it 's probably worth it , |
| 20 | I think it 's probably worth it . |
| 21 | It 's probably behind us . |
| 22 | It 's not about her . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's not about me , is it ? |
| 24 | But then I 'll be told that it 's not about him at all , in that silly sense . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's not about us . |
| 26 | It 's not to me , Harry . |
| 27 | No it 's not to me it 's not |
| 28 | Why is tha why is David involved in that all of a sudden , it 's not through us is it ? |
| 29 | Yeah but you say to her that they 're always on about how s Shrimpy ca n't do anything for himself , and it 's between Emma , it 's not between it was al even Scott said to me at the beginning oh it 's not between me , it 's nothing to do with me , it 's between Emma and Scott . |
| 30 | Yeah but you say to her that they 're always on about how s Shrimpy ca n't do anything for himself , and it 's between Emma , it 's not between it was al even Scott said to me at the beginning oh it 's not between me , it 's nothing to do with me , it 's between Emma and Scott . |