Example sentences of "[subord] it be not for [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | If it was n't for their guns you 'd laugh . |
2 | 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 . ’ |
3 | 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 . |
4 | ‘ We 'd be a lot thinner than this if it was n't for me , would n't we , Ted ? ’ he said . |
5 | You 'd be walking if it was n't for me . |
6 | Well you would n't of got them if it was n't for me |
7 | ‘ I would n't be at Arsenal if it was n't for him . |
8 | If it was n't for him , I 'd have talked Dimitri round . |
9 | ‘ Look , if it was n't for him … ’ |
10 | ‘ If it was n't for him we 'd still have the empire . ’ |
11 | If it was n't for him it would have been in bits . |
12 | If it was n't for them , he 'd be feeling like he was home again . |
13 | I mean , if it was n't for them and the way they voted ! |
14 | If it was n't for her we 'd never have set foot in Farmhouse Grim . |
15 | She said to me once , ‘ That stupid yank bitch , if it was n't for her , I could have this baby ’ . ’ |
16 | 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 . |
17 | If it was n't for her would you come away with me ? ’ |
18 | If it was n't for her , Emma would understand how I feel . |
19 | Your father and I would still be in Akmeyon if it was n't for your zeide . |
20 | if it was n't for your Dynamike I do n't know what I 'd do with myself of an evening . |
21 | Now a mature 10-year-old , Lois , from Aintree , says : ‘ I do n't think I would be doing comedy if it was n't for my dad . ’ |
22 | ‘ I would n't have achieved what I have , if it was n't for my dad . ’ |
23 | ‘ Albert would soon sort her out if it was n't for his worries , ’ Mrs Dyson said . |
24 | We 'd be up there challenging the scum if it was n't for his lack of goals . |
25 | IF it was n't for his dad , Chris Boardman says there is no way he would be the proud owner of an Olympic gold medal , MBE … and Echo Sports Personality of the Year award . |
26 | " If it was n't for you two , " my mother told us , " I could be off somewhere else . " |
27 | I might have stopped it already if it was n't for you . |
28 | ‘ You know , Athelstan , if it was n't for you and your bloody logic , I 'd put the entire mystery down to witchcraft . |
29 | Often things would n't be a success if it was n't for our contribution . ’ |
30 | If it was n't for us he would starve . |