Example sentences of "[conj] it be not for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , wrote Harsnet , there is continuity as well as discontinuity , but that does not mean , he wrote , that there exists what is called character , personality , character , Goldberg wrote in the margin , personality , as they seem to think , wrote Harsnet ( and Goldberg went on typing ) , when they say you have such a generous character if you would only recognize it , or you have so much to offer , or it is not for myself I speak but for you , not for myself I mourn but for the waste of all that generosity , when they pour those words over you , character , generosity , warmth , looking sad , shedding tears , putting on a brave face , saying do n't pay any attention to me , or , it 's nothing , forget it , I 'm crying for the waste , meaning waste if it 's not directed towards them , but you have only to see what happens when one lets oneself be persuaded by that sort of thing , wrote Harsnet , you have only to see what happened to Hutchinson , MacMahon , Rollins and Goldberg . |
| 2 | I 'll ring up and say that it 's not for me . |
| 3 | Though we threaten her with a headline reading ‘ Real Labour candidates do n't eat muesli ’ she insists that it 's not for her own consumption . |
| 4 | We have always said that it is not for nothing that the Unix prompts are dollar and percentage signs and at last somebody out there has the common sense to recognise that fact too : the new Unix Reseller Show , set for May 4 to 6 in Dallas , is blatantly promoting itself with the slogan ‘ How To Make Money With Unix ’ ; if that does n't bring the punters piling in , nothing will . |
| 5 | We have always said that it is not for nothing that the Unix prompts are dollar and percentage signs . |
| 6 | You may tell me that your personal life is not my concern and that it is not for me to comment — and you would be justified however , I can not help but make it my concern because I have your future very much at heart . |
| 7 | The hon. Gentleman will understand that it is not for us to tie the hands of the Government of Kenya but to encourage , offer help and point the way whenever we possibly can . |
| 8 | I would also I think put in a word for the work of the joint po policy panel erm which is shared between this committee and the social services committee because it seems to me that it is not for us to be thinking that there is a group of children for who nursery education is necessary er or desirable and a different group of children for whom something else erm is necessary and desirable , largely because of their parents ' position . |
| 9 | I decided it all sounded so complicated that it was n't for me . |
| 10 | I decided that it was not for me and moved over to accountancy — I had always been reasonable at maths — working for the Co-op and attending college part time . |
| 11 | Almost immediately on arrival , surrounded by the cosmopolitan excitement of New York , its immense anonymity , the total lack of personal interest shown towards him after having been the centre of warmth and appreciation in Montreal , he knew that it was not for him . |
| 12 | The Commissioner pointed out that it was not for him to decide how statutes should be interpreted but he was satisfied that the complaints about odours from the factory had not been ignored . |
| 13 | The policewoman shot her a look which said that it was not for her to say so , even if she , herself , had been thinking it . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's his club , he has his opinion , and it 's not for me to be drawn into a public dialogue with him . |
| 15 | That is for local authorities to decide , and it is not for me to offer them advice . |
| 16 | He had banged his glass on the table and it was not for her to disobey . |
| 17 | If it was n't for their guns you 'd laugh . |
| 18 | He said : ‘ I would n't be here today if it was n't for their dedication , and the anonymous heart donor who I 'll be saying a little prayer for . ’ |
| 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 | ‘ I would n't be at Arsenal if it was n't for him . |
| 24 | If it was n't for him , I 'd have talked Dimitri round . |
| 25 | ‘ Look , if it was n't for him … ’ |
| 26 | ‘ If it was n't for him we 'd still have the empire . ’ |
| 27 | If it was n't for him it would have been in bits . |
| 28 | If it was n't for them , he 'd be feeling like he was home again . |
| 29 | I mean , if it was n't for them and the way they voted ! |
| 30 | If it was n't for her we 'd never have set foot in Farmhouse Grim . |