Example sentences of "n't for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was n't for want of trying . |
| 2 | Editorial decisions are backed by extensive market research , and manuscripts selected and edited according to ‘ whether the story lives up to the high standards that Mills and Boon readers have set for us … we ca n't please every one of our readers all the time , but it is n't for want of trying ! ’ |
| 3 | She said she had always been interested in science , but had been put off because everyone told her it was n't for girls , only boys . |
| 4 | But Stirling is n't for instance , they 'll want to consider their pantomime again |
| 5 | Sometimes I was lucky , sometimes I was n't for instance , if anybody came to the enquiry after the report that the theft of a bicycle from outside the library . |
| 6 | Footnote : The Greatest Living Irishman never got to pat the knee of the Greatest Living Human Being , but it was n't for lack of trying . |
| 7 | But I did n't go to the altar ; to be honest it was n't for lack of offers , but because they always seemed to come from people I would n't have been caught dead at an altar with . |
| 8 | A legion of schoolgirls would dearly like to take up that offer — if it was n't for Marci . |
| 9 | Was n't for Chris . |
| 10 | But it sure as hell was n't for Philippe Chaumont 's benefit . |
| 11 | If it was n't for Madeleine … ’ |
| 12 | This report by the Commons Social Security Committee says they could have some of it now … if it was n't for administrators and liquidators spending months in legal wrangles over who gets what . |
| 13 | If it was n't for Captain Eric here , I 'd be getting into trouble . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I could walk out this minute , this very minute , if it was n't for Emma . |
| 16 | ‘ If it was n't for Masquerade — ’ I began , but McIllvanney cut me off . |
| 17 | ‘ If it was n't for Harry … |
| 18 | If it were n't for Dr Russell , the decision would be easy … |
| 19 | If it were n't for Dr Penry Vaughan she might well be dead . |
| 20 | The government guidance er in P G three makes it very clear now that it 's an issue we do have to address and if we do n't for land requirement . |
| 21 | Your bedtime is n't for hours yet ! ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I would never have made it home if it was n't for Wyn , she 's been fantastic , ’ said Norman . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | ‘ If it was n't for art , ’ said Robert , ‘ we would n't be about to eat . ’ |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Now lamb lib is n't for trendies |
| 28 | The pages ( 990 of them ) are full of helpful screen diagrams but I missed the ‘ idiot 's ’ step by step command style that I 've convinced myself I need in a manual — but then Windows 3.1 secrets is n't FOR idiot 's . |
| 29 | It certainly was n't for sex . ’ |
| 30 | Mrs Aggie was n't for shows of affection , which , she felt , was a pity , for love should have an expression . |