Example sentences of "it be n't [prep] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | But he does n't , and my mother wo n't tell him to go , because she 's never in her life told anyone to go , it is n't in her , but he 's grinding her into the ground , she ca n't work , she ca n't concentrate , he keeps talking to her all the time , and the baby cries , and it upsets her , for all that she keeps saying it does n't , and that it takes her back to the happiest years of her life , when we were all in plastic pants , I suppose she means , except I think we all had to wear wet woolly leggings , she had this thing about plastic pants being unhealthy . " |
| 3 | ‘ Have a nice stay , ’ said the customs official , but it was n't to her . |
| 4 | However , Sally did try sniffing a few more times ( fortunately , without coming to any harm ) but then decided it was n't for her , and instead started drinking alcohol with her friends . |
| 5 | If it was n't for her we 'd never have set foot in Farmhouse Grim . |
| 6 | She said to me once , ‘ That stupid yank bitch , if it was n't for her , I could have this baby ’ . ’ |
| 7 | It 's her fault , that bitch Caroline with her red hair and her expensive perfume — he would n't be here if it was n't for her , it was her that had killed him . |
| 8 | If it was n't for her would you come away with me ? ’ |
| 9 | If it was n't for her , Emma would understand how I feel . |
| 10 | Hovering long enough to make sure it was n't for her , she left him talking in clipped , terse monosyllables and slipped away quietly to her bedroom , trying to suppress her curiosity about the caller . |
| 11 | Oh only a couple of weeks , no they were standing in the common room and she knew he was a virgin right and they were still going out and she knew he was a virgin when they first started going out and Rox goes oh so are you a virgin then erm erm James and he goes no and she was still going out with him and she knew that it was n't with her , obviously , and , and Roxy goes oh who was it then and he goes oh just two , two birds I met in erm Portugal and |
| 12 | It was n't like her at all . |
| 13 | It was n't like her . |
| 14 | It was n't like her at all . |
| 15 | She did n't know what , but it was n't like her to skirt an issue . |