Example sentences of "it [be] n't [prep] i " in BNC.
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1 | Where would you be now if it were n't for me ? |
2 | ‘ 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 ! |
3 | ‘ 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 . |
4 | Oh well it were n't to me cos I probably would have given you the eight |
5 | ‘ It is n't for me , ’ she said bleakly . |
6 | Well it is n't for me . |
7 | ‘ It may be to them , but it is n't to me ; it 's still just a pile of bricks . ’ |
8 | It was n't for me . |
9 | I decided it all sounded so complicated that it was n't for me . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | ‘ We 'd be a lot thinner than this if it was n't for me , would n't we , Ted ? ’ he said . |
12 | You 'd be walking if it was n't for me . |
13 | Well you would n't of got them if it was n't for me |
14 | 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 ’ . |