Example sentences of "it was not for [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | If it was n't for her we 'd never have set foot in Farmhouse Grim . |
3 | She said to me once , ‘ That stupid yank bitch , if it was n't for her , I could have this baby ’ . ’ |
4 | 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 . |
5 | If it was n't for her would you come away with me ? ’ |
6 | If it was n't for her , Emma would understand how I feel . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | It was n't for me . |
9 | I decided it all sounded so complicated that it was n't for me . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | ‘ We 'd be a lot thinner than this if it was n't for me , would n't we , Ted ? ’ he said . |
12 | You 'd be walking if it was n't for me . |
13 | Well you would n't of got them if it was n't for me |
14 | If it was n't for their guns you 'd laugh . |
15 | 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 . ’ |
16 | It was n't for him : he was no pansy ; he liked women , not boys with made-up eyes and sly insinuating glances . |
17 | It was comforting and easy , but it was n't for him . |
18 | ‘ I would n't be at Arsenal if it was n't for him . |
19 | If it was n't for him , I 'd have talked Dimitri round . |
20 | Only this time it was n't for him , but for Billie . |
21 | ‘ Look , if it was n't for him … ’ |
22 | ‘ If it was n't for him we 'd still have the empire . ’ |
23 | If it was n't for him it would have been in bits . |
24 | ‘ Well , it was n't for her looks , was it ? ’ said Melissa with a grin . |
25 | 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 . |
26 | If it was n't for them , he 'd be feeling like he was home again . |
27 | I mean , if it was n't for them and the way they voted ! |
28 | George : ‘ You would n't have been born and writing for THE FACE if it was n't for someone spunking off . ’ |
29 | Often things would n't be a success if it was n't for our contribution . ’ |
30 | Your father and I would still be in Akmeyon if it was n't for your zeide . |