Example sentences of "it [was/were] n't [prep] me " 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 was n't for me . |
| 6 | I decided it all sounded so complicated that it was n't for me . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ We 'd be a lot thinner than this if it was n't for me , would n't we , Ted ? ’ he said . |
| 9 | You 'd be walking if it was n't for me . |
| 10 | Well you would n't of got them if it was n't for me |
| 11 | 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 ’ . |