Example sentences of "[pron] be not for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It says : ‘ If I am not for myself , who will be for me ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Look , ’ she heard him say , ‘ I 'm sorry if I 've made you unhappy , but I 'm not for you . ’ |
| 3 | If you 're not for me , you 're against me . |
| 4 | And remember , Rene , you were n't for me putting that on show , were you ? |
| 5 | You 're a cretin ; she 's not for you . |
| 6 | But she 's not for you and she 's certainly not for me . |
| 7 | But she is not for me nor I for her . |
| 8 | Whether this is important to you is not for us to say . |
| 9 | The lesson of history is that doctrine becomes a cloak for power politics , rivalry becomes an excuse for dealing ruthlessly and the rule of fear , paranoia and suspicion means that whatsoever is not for us is against us . |
| 10 | ‘ Even if they are n't for my eyes , ’ he had added with a twinkle . |
| 11 | ‘ They 're not for him , ’ she denied stiffly , ‘ they 're for me . ’ |
| 12 | I just worry about that song because I do n't wan na be any part of kids thinking drugs are cooler than they are , 'cos they 're not for everybody . |
| 13 | ‘ They 're not for us , they 're for me . |
| 14 | ‘ Do n't look at those books , ’ he tells me , when I go in to clean , ‘ they 're not for you . |
| 15 | No they 're not for you miss . |
| 16 | And Clara , walking by her side and hearing these words , burst suddenly and at last into loud hysterical weeping , and as the tears flooded down her hot cheeks she knew that they were not for her father , but for the meanness and the lack of love , and for the fear that she would die in so ugly a hole , and so unloved . |
| 17 | No , but they were n't for them , cos they , does n't really matter , they 've got so much pocket out of gas But the Gas is erm , make them increase prices at five per cent less than the rate of inflation that way . |
| 18 | No one knows what these carved objects might have been for , so perhaps they were n't for anything , but a heartening prehistoric example of art for art 's sake . |
| 19 | Something that she would have grasped , if it were n't for her own stupidity . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Floating there , it could have been a bath toy duck , daintily hand-painted by some artistic genius , plaything of a princess , if it were n't for its air of fragility , and slim — needle-slim — bill . |
| 22 | I might be impressed and affected by this sudden talent for suffering , if it were n't for its monotony : fear , just fear , fear only . |
| 23 | ‘ If it were n't for what you 've been through , I 'd break your jaw . ’ |
| 24 | His restlessness permeated the entire house , and she felt guilty , certain that her presence was tying him to Gullholm , that if it were n't for her he would go home , or visit one or other of his sisters or his mother , all of whom made regular telephone calls . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Where would you be now if it were n't for me ? |
| 27 | ‘ If it were n't for me giving you a roof over your head after your mother had the gall to die on me , you would have ended up in the bloody workhouse ! |
| 28 | ‘ 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 . |
| 29 | If it were n't for my kids now I 'd be doing untold things . |
| 30 | If it were n't for my sister I 'd turn the whole matter over to the police and let them find Garry . ’ |