Example sentences of "it be not 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 is not for your ears . ’ |
| 22 | In short there is no real point in spending time with Memax — it is n't for your machine . |
| 23 | If it was n't for their guns you 'd laugh . |
| 24 | 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 . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Well , it was n't for her looks , was it ? ’ said Melissa with a grin . |
| 26 | Often things would n't be a success if it was n't for our contribution . ’ |
| 27 | Your father and I would still be in Akmeyon if it was n't for your zeide . |
| 28 | if it was n't for your Dynamike I do n't know what I 'd do with myself of an evening . |
| 29 | ‘ Albert would soon sort her out if it was n't for his worries , ’ Mrs Dyson said . |
| 30 | We 'd be up there challenging the scum if it was n't for his lack of goals . |