Example sentences of "[coord] it be n't for " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it was n't for the others ' safety . |
| 2 | And it was n't for long , I must admit , that we had cows in that field but I think |
| 3 | I 've been to Germany and Austria skiing , I 've been to , er we went to Italy but I was , you know , I was quite a bit younger and it was n't for very long . |
| 4 | 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 ! ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It was comforting and easy , but it was n't for him . |
| 7 | It 's a domestic policy , hands off right and this was one of the arguments one of those potent arguments that they 've used in the last forty years right but it 's incredibly naive because any domestic policy will have an international dimension I remember the about European Community right but it was n't for the operation of the common agricultural policy countries in the European Community would be net importers of agricultural goods as we were ten years ago bec because er of protectionism we 've now increased our self sufficiency to the point where were a net exporter of agricultural goods what implications has th does that have for international trade ? |
| 8 | But it was n't for real … the students of the Oxford University Union were getting their new season under way . |
| 9 | So they kept on going for goals ; did n't get any , but it was n't for the lack of trying ; Southend 0 ; Oxford 3 . |
| 10 | He could n't catch the winner , Carlos Saintz , but it was n't for the lack of trying . |
| 11 | he 's a little , aye I know but he 's , yeah I know but it was n't for a week was it ? |