Example sentences of "n't be [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have n't been champions for 26 years and it could be another 26 before they win it again . |
| 2 | Carbon monoxide has no smell and if your appliance has n't been services for some time you may now be in danger . |
| 3 | The need for development has to be established and so erm I refute the fact totally that there has n't been pressure for development in the countryside , that 's certainly not the case . |
| 4 | There simply has n't been time for the body to clear the first lot before it 's topped up with a second dose of alcohol . |
| 5 | I would have sworn there had n't been time for you to make any kind of progress since last night . |
| 6 | ‘ I have written to Joe about it , ’ Maureen said , ‘ but there has n't been time for a reply yet . ’ |
| 7 | Tod wo n't be Tod for much longer . |
| 8 | Er , I just think yo er , you know , you could n't be bit for that . |
| 9 | So you could n't be bit for that . |
| 10 | Should you say , ‘ Unless you stop quarrelling with your sister I wo n't be able to finish my work and there wo n't be time for a story ’ , you must be prepared to see through the planned , but logical , consequences . |
| 11 | In itself , this should n't be grounds for disciplinary action . |
| 12 | Let's face it , there would n't be room for any tourists , so why advertise ? |
| 13 | Erm , er I 'll I 'll close it at two , but perhaps I could ask the the applicants erm , I mean I appreciate that obviously erm it er it economy in in in obviously in what you 're doing , but I think it it it would be fairly obviously to , I mean it 's been stated that that that that residents nearby would prefer either two bungalows or a house and a bungalow , and I think er that certainly erm new developments adjacent to where you are proposing these are in fact all bungalows , er with the exception of the mill , which of course has been there a long time , er all those on that side of the road , both those two built and those two proposed are a bungalow or a semi bungalow , er and so erm you can see that obviously it is that the height of these buildings , it is erm causing the offence , largely , erm I I think , I mean obviously you will want to main you know , optimize your er development , but whether er a scheme with two bungalows that they would n't be four bedroomed bungalows , because there would n't be room for two of the four two four bedroomed bungalows , erm |
| 14 | There would n't be room for the caravan to start with . |