Example sentences of "but it [was/were] [not/n't] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Footnote : The Greatest Living Irishman never got to pat the knee of the Greatest Living Human Being , but it was n't for lack of trying . |
| 2 | It was comforting and easy , but it was n't for him . |
| 3 | It 's a domestic policy , hands off right and this was one of the arguments one of those potent arguments that they 've used in the last forty years right but it 's incredibly naive because any domestic policy will have an international dimension I remember the about European Community right but it was n't for the operation of the common agricultural policy countries in the European Community would be net importers of agricultural goods as we were ten years ago bec because er of protectionism we 've now increased our self sufficiency to the point where were a net exporter of agricultural goods what implications has th does that have for international trade ? |
| 4 | But it was n't for real … the students of the Oxford University Union were getting their new season under way . |
| 5 | So they kept on going for goals ; did n't get any , but it was n't for the lack of trying ; Southend 0 ; Oxford 3 . |
| 6 | He could n't catch the winner , Carlos Saintz , but it was n't for the lack of trying . |
| 7 | he 's a little , aye I know but he 's , yeah I know but it was n't for a week was it ? |
| 8 | He did not succeed but it was not for lack of trying . |
| 9 | But it was not for want of feeling or … principles . ’ |
| 10 | But it was not for her ; |
| 11 | One horse had detached itself and ambled towards the line of protesters but it was not for a moment that Meredith realised , with a pang of dismay , that it was Blazer carrying Harriet . |
| 12 | The only thing he and Rangers lacked was a goal , but it was not for the want of trying . |
| 13 | She had tried to enter the world of light , but it was not for her . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm sure my husband wo n't mind me saying that it was not his wealth which made us all respect him — although I 've heard my husband say many a time that the wealth of Mr D'Arcy of Moss Side by Manchester was of an enormity to make the sultans and pashas of the East take note — but it was not for that , not at all , that we , all of us who knew of him … ’ |
| 15 | But it was not for Dorothy that she searched , nor even for her father . |