Example sentences of "n't for [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't for many weeks after coming to Chesney that Peach ventured out . |
| 2 | Thus it was n't for many years after the first inhibitor experiments were reported that I actually got around to test their effects myself . |
| 3 | is n't for all kids — some kids find it excruciating ; boring , meaningless and fruitless as well 'cos they 're not going to get anything . |
| 4 | If it does n't for any reason , you have to dub in new matching background sound . |
| 5 | he was on , I mean it was n't it was n't for any reason it was just a |
| 6 | Well sometimes they did n't do that f for reason , perhaps a driver missed his duty or there was a defect on the bus and you used to get a record each day of what we call lost mileage or an extra mileage perhaps on the odd occasion when an extra journey was run but erm the lost mileage was recorded and say you had this bus was due to run a hundred and twenty six miles , it did n't for some reason complete its erm hundred percent journey , you 'd take that off and then record against that bus that , that run say hundred and twenty miles . |
| 7 | This is a general facility we might like to write in which we would allow us to work like that on any job there is n't for some reason a job , a good reason why a kick-in procedure ca n't be followed , that we deal with it by having em , in the master job file which states that , states the deliberate erm , position rather than an accident . |
| 8 | If it were n't for this job creation scheme I 'd be on the rubbish tip |
| 9 | ‘ Begob , Myles , I 'd be a more frequent visitor if it was n't for these stairs . |