Example sentences of "it was [adv] for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I really enjoyed it , but I was glad when it was over for it was very tiring . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | If it was n't for her we 'd never have set foot in Farmhouse Grim . |
| 4 | She said to me once , ‘ That stupid yank bitch , if it was n't for her , I could have this baby ’ . ’ |
| 5 | It 's her fault , that bitch Caroline with her red hair and her expensive perfume — he would n't be here if it was n't for her , it was her that had killed him . |
| 6 | If it was n't for her would you come away with me ? ’ |
| 7 | If it was n't for her , Emma would understand how I feel . |
| 8 | Hovering long enough to make sure it was n't for her , she left him talking in clipped , terse monosyllables and slipped away quietly to her bedroom , trying to suppress her curiosity about the caller . |
| 9 | It was n't for me . |
| 10 | I decided it all sounded so complicated that it was n't for me . |
| 11 | I do n't like to remind you of this , but if it was n't for me , you 'd be in a bedsit somewhere now , living off the DHSS . |
| 12 | ‘ We 'd be a lot thinner than this if it was n't for me , would n't we , Ted ? ’ he said . |
| 13 | You 'd be walking if it was n't for me . |
| 14 | Well you would n't of got them if it was n't for me |
| 15 | It was n't for him : he was no pansy ; he liked women , not boys with made-up eyes and sly insinuating glances . |
| 16 | It was comforting and easy , but it was n't for him . |
| 17 | ‘ I would n't be at Arsenal if it was n't for him . |
| 18 | If it was n't for him , I 'd have talked Dimitri round . |
| 19 | Only this time it was n't for him , but for Billie . |
| 20 | ‘ Look , if it was n't for him … ’ |
| 21 | ‘ If it was n't for him we 'd still have the empire . ’ |
| 22 | If it was n't for him it would have been in bits . |
| 23 | IBM turned its first Unix system , the RT , into a child of the ghetto and told 90% of its customers that they did n't want it , it was n't for them . |
| 24 | If it was n't for them , he 'd be feeling like he was home again . |
| 25 | I mean , if it was n't for them and the way they voted ! |
| 26 | It was n't for you to see the point , he said . |
| 27 | " If it was n't for you two , " my mother told us , " I could be off somewhere else . " |
| 28 | I might have stopped it already if it was n't for you . |
| 29 | ‘ You know , Athelstan , if it was n't for you and your bloody logic , I 'd put the entire mystery down to witchcraft . |
| 30 | And perhaps it was n't for you and Maria Luisa … ’ |