Example sentences of "it be [not/n't] for that " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it were n't for that bloody fire , you 'd never ‘ a ’ brought that damned woman and her brats to this house . ’ |
| 2 | Weenie would be normal enough , I think , if it were n't for that . |
| 3 | Well , I think all I can do is to reiterate that this road would not be considered for construction at all at this stage if it was n't for the probable re-siting of the erm transfer station and therefore we would not be looking at any aspect of it at this time if it were not for that . |
| 4 | It 's not for that it 's for |
| 5 | Earlier this evening Graham I thought you erm made a complaint about the number of reports that are coming to committee er but it 's not for that reason that I wanted to dispose of this motion now erm but there are other reasons . |
| 6 | And there 's Master Tristram pretending he 's not listening to his father , who might 've been sitting in the Fowey stocks by now if it was n't for that same father 's efforts . " |
| 7 | ‘ She 'd be alive today if it was n't for that . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I would n't be a cook if it was n't for that . |
| 9 | ‘ If it was n't for that poor bugger , I would be getting as pissed as a bishop 's fart in the Crossed Keys and you would be back in your decrepit church feeding that bloody cat or watching your bloody stars ! |
| 10 | He then pointed to his helmet and was heard to say ‘ If it was n't for that I 'd be dead . ’ |
| 11 | If it was n't for that I 'd I so , ca n't get what I should of done . |
| 12 | It was not for that generation to complain if the inhabitants of India and of the dependent colonies took them at their word , albeit a mistaken word : the myth of an Empire exploited by the United Kingdom was a plant which grew in the same soil as the myth of an Empire that alone secured ‘ adequate prosperity ’ to the forty or fifty million inhabitants of the United Kingdom . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 … ’ |