Example sentences of "it be [adv] for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Something that she would have grasped , if it were n't for her own stupidity . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | If it were n't for my kids now I 'd be doing untold things . |
| 6 | If it were n't for my sister I 'd turn the whole matter over to the police and let them find Garry . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm sure it was n't ; Garry is n't the brightest of men ; he 'd deceive himself into thinking I would n't try to trace him , and if it were n't for my sister I would n't bother ; the discrepancies in the accounts would be compensated for by his permanent absence from the firm . ’ |
| 8 | And him with nothing to his name if it were n't for my late mistress ! ’ |
| 9 | If it were n't for his days at the mucky end of the trade , he would never have earned enough to buy a house and he would n't have met Raksha who had been doing a bit of topless work to supplement her salary as a nurse . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | If it were n't for our export orders , our figures would be looking rather sick . |
| 12 | ‘ If it were n't for your penny-pinching ways I would n't be so eager to spend my time in London . |
| 13 | At the western outskirts of the town is the Bliss Valley Tweed Mill , an imposing stone-built factory which , if it were not for its chimney rising from a domed tower , would look like a great country mansion . |
| 14 | Not only does the 24-hour delivery time achieved week in week out put most publishers to shame , but if it were not for their buyers ' notes and regular representative visits , we as a small bookshop all too often ignored by publishers — The Bookseller apart , whose efforts are also appreciated — would not be made aware of new titles and promotions . |
| 15 | As one Pisticci peasant puts it : ‘ if it were not for my family , I 'd not be wearing myself out ’ . |
| 16 | If it were not for my concern for my grandmother , I would — I would put you out of the car right now , I would let you wait beside the road until someone took pity on you and offered to drive you back to Milano . ’ |
| 17 | First , that the conditions I have described constituted a substantial interference with the residents ' enjoyment of their property up to June 1990 ; second , that enough residents were affected to constitute a public nuisance if it were not for his other defences . |
| 18 | It 's not for their |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | well it 's not for my house , it 's for yours |
| 21 | It 's just for my bus , I get a bus that I think leaves at half twelve , and if I miss it there 's not another one that takes me to . |
| 22 | So it 's solely for your own use . |
| 23 | It 's only for me hands . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's only for your good , my little ladies , ’ he was saying . |
| 25 | It 's there for our housing initiative … |
| 26 | Mm well apparently it 's actually for her daughter . |
| 27 | It is not for your ears . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Ah , but I need to know for sure , you see , because I have some doubts , and before you ask me why I should be so concerned I will assure you that this time it is partly for my own self-esteem that I would like to know . ’ |
| 29 | In short there is no real point in spending time with Memax — it is n't for your machine . |
| 30 | Chairman , it is there for your information , I 'm not certain we 've got a representative of property funding , but try and deal with any comments as they come up . |