Example sentences of "it was n't [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it was n't worth it in the end , I was well miffed . |
| 2 | Cath says it was n't worth it . |
| 3 | ‘ No , it was n't worth it . |
| 4 | It was n't worth it . ’ |
| 5 | Some pe some people would think it was n't worth it , but erm |
| 6 | Milton Keynes is about as far from the sea as it is possible to get in England , and Roger Mason 's motivation in coming to us was never quite clear to me ( perhaps it was n't to him either , for although after four intensive years ' research he produced a many-hundred page ‘ draft ’ of his thesis , far in excess of what might be required , he finally failed to submit it for examination ) . |
| 7 | ‘ Have a nice stay , ’ said the customs official , but it was n't to her . |
| 8 | come here , got to oh Marie no good job it was n't to it . |
| 9 | It was n't on him . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | If it was n't for her we 'd never have set foot in Farmhouse Grim . |
| 12 | She said to me once , ‘ That stupid yank bitch , if it was n't for her , I could have this baby ’ . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | If it was n't for her would you come away with me ? ’ |
| 15 | If it was n't for her , Emma would understand how I feel . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | It was n't for me . |
| 18 | I decided it all sounded so complicated that it was n't for me . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ We 'd be a lot thinner than this if it was n't for me , would n't we , Ted ? ’ he said . |
| 21 | You 'd be walking if it was n't for me . |
| 22 | Well you would n't of got them if it was n't for me |
| 23 | It was n't for him : he was no pansy ; he liked women , not boys with made-up eyes and sly insinuating glances . |
| 24 | It was comforting and easy , but it was n't for him . |
| 25 | ‘ I would n't be at Arsenal if it was n't for him . |
| 26 | If it was n't for him , I 'd have talked Dimitri round . |
| 27 | Only this time it was n't for him , but for Billie . |
| 28 | ‘ Look , if it was n't for him … ’ |
| 29 | ‘ If it was n't for him we 'd still have the empire . ’ |
| 30 | If it was n't for him it would have been in bits . |