Example sentences of "it be n't for [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | And she might have been able to deal with the situation — might , indeed , have been able to suppress and finally bury such an errant emotion — if it were n't for her present situation . |
2 | Something that she would have grasped , if it were n't for her own stupidity . |
3 | Peace reigns at last though , and everything in the smouldering remains of the garden would be rosy if it were n't for one little problem . |
4 | ‘ If it were n't for me old bones and the fact that I might be overlooked when the bidding starts , I would n't want you within a mile of that sale room . |
5 | And him with nothing to his name if it were n't for my late mistress ! ’ |
6 | In the car , on the homeward journey , Cassie found herself reflecting , as she glanced covertly at his profile and at the thin hands lightly gripping the steering wheel … those same brown and capable hands that had figured so prominently in her earlier fantasies … that he would make the perfect lover , if it were n't for his apparent indifference to women ; and perhaps , also , to having sex ; although this last was only an assumption . |
7 | ‘ If it were n't for your penny-pinching ways I would n't be so eager to spend my time in London . |
8 | " If it was n't for you two , " my mother told us , " I could be off somewhere else . " |