Example sentences of "it be n't for [pron] " 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 what you 've been through , I 'd break your jaw . ’ |
6 | 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 . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | Where would you be now if it were n't for me ? |
9 | ‘ 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 ! |
10 | ‘ 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 . |
11 | If it were n't for my kids now I 'd be doing untold things . |
12 | If it were n't for my sister I 'd turn the whole matter over to the police and let them find Garry . ’ |
13 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
14 | And him with nothing to his name if it were n't for my late mistress ! ’ |
15 | 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 . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | If it were n't for our export orders , our figures would be looking rather sick . |
18 | ‘ If it were n't for your penny-pinching ways I would n't be so eager to spend my time in London . |
19 | Externalisation or blaming — accepting that there are significant problems but blaming anything other than alcohol or drug use for their cause : " If it were n't for you I 'd be okay " . |
20 | ‘ If it were n't for you I 'd never have been out there in the first place . ’ |
21 | ‘ If it were n't for you I 'd have been fish-food by now . ’ |
22 | ‘ It is n't for me , ’ she said bleakly . |
23 | Well it is n't for me . |
24 | ‘ It is n't for nothing that he was called the most dangerous man in the galaxy . ’ |
25 | In short there is no real point in spending time with Memax — it is n't for your machine . |
26 | It is n't for you ; it 's a common kind of thing , cheap . |
27 | ‘ It is n't for you . |
28 | Yeah I think on the er i it is n't for us here to decide the level of contributions . |
29 | However , Sally did try sniffing a few more times ( fortunately , without coming to any harm ) but then decided it was n't for her , and instead started drinking alcohol with her friends . |
30 | If it was n't for her we 'd never have set foot in Farmhouse Grim . |