Example sentences of "be [not/n't] for [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , she told herself sternly , she was nothing but a foolish girl , men the like of Craig Grenfell were not for Hari Morgan . |
| 2 | The mammoth catalogue raisonné of Magritte 's work would almost certainly not have come into existence if it were not for John ( d. 1973 ) and Dominique de Menil . |
| 3 | If it were n't for Lennie , George could have had a peaceful life and have married someone but it is this power of ‘ deep-inside ’ love which kept them together . |
| 4 | If it were n't for Dr Russell , the decision would be easy … |
| 5 | If it were n't for Dr Penry Vaughan she might well be dead . |
| 6 | But I do n't know what I 'd do if it were n't for Sean . |
| 7 | I do n't want to stay here , and if it were n't for Mr. Stavanger I 'd have gone long ago . |
| 8 | He did n't act much like a man who was expecting a favour , and if it were n't for Ana he certainly would n't get one . |
| 9 | It is not for Jan or I to welcome people to the Community , although we do everything else . |
| 10 | Well there is not for Kathy but for Kathy she thought this would be . |
| 11 | As I wait at the traffic lights I find myself crying ; I realise it is not for Hilda but for him . |
| 12 | It is for the European institutions to define those ’ floor-level ’ rights , but it is not for Brussels to say how they will be observed . |
| 13 | The extension of body , which for Descartes is its whole essence , is not for Locke the only consequence of what he sees as its essential property of solidity . |
| 14 | Then she remembered that her therapist had said something about that , had said that it was not for Camille that Scarlet grieved in expectation but for herself and her own pain , implying by her tone that it was really most foolish . |
| 15 | But it was not for Dorothy that she searched , nor even for her father . |
| 16 | Her sense of gratitude was not for God 's gifts , but for her own virtues . |
| 17 | Science , however , was not for Freud mere empiricism , that is , a matter of gathering facts . |
| 18 | Was n't for Chris . |
| 19 | I could walk out this minute , this very minute , if it was n't for Emma . |
| 20 | If it was n't for Captain Eric here , I 'd be getting into trouble . ’ |
| 21 | And if it was n't for Captain Eric , Sister Margaret and a few others , there would be precious little of a toehold for people like James , Carol and many others in their struggle to build something of a life in Easterhouse . |
| 22 | If it was n't for Madeleine … ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I would never have made it home if it was n't for Wyn , she 's been fantastic , ’ said Norman . |
| 24 | ‘ If it was n't for Harry … |
| 25 | But it sure as hell was n't for Philippe Chaumont 's benefit . |
| 26 | ‘ If it was n't for Masquerade — ’ I began , but McIllvanney cut me off . |
| 27 | A dirty beatnik and he 'd turn me out if it was n't for Maggie and if it was n't for the painting , and I 'd go , anyway , if it was n't for Maggie . |
| 28 | A dirty beatnik and he 'd turn me out if it was n't for Maggie and if it was n't for the painting , and I 'd go , anyway , if it was n't for Maggie . |
| 29 | Visually , the body reminds me of a Schecter or Tom Anderson and if it was n't for Aria 's distinctive headstock you 'd be hard pushed to tell this was n't a £1500 guitar from a few feet away . |
| 30 | If it was n't for Margaret she would go mad . |