Example sentences of "[be] n't for " in BNC.
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| 1 | With all these charges you can see that PEPs are n't for short-term investors . |
| 2 | But these things are n't for public consumption . |
| 3 | ‘ Even if they are n't for my eyes , ’ he had added with a twinkle . |
| 4 | Wedding bells and roses are n't for me , Folly . |
| 5 | He stressed : ‘ These policies are n't for our benefit — usually the bank is paid up-front as a preferred creditor . |
| 6 | But then small automatics are n't for the performance buff ! |
| 7 | These are n't for you to say . |
| 8 | These are n't for you to say . |
| 9 | Peony looked suitably chastened , but there was a glint in her eye that told Peggy there was plenty more she could say , and would say , if it were n't for the fact that she adored the Vicar with a passion that bordered on the obsessive . |
| 10 | Something that she would have grasped , if it were n't for her own stupidity . |
| 11 | And remember , Rene , you were n't for me putting that on show , were you ? |
| 12 | ‘ If it were n't for tetherball , I think we both would have died of boredom ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | In fact , if it were n't for the big blue logo and Oli Frey pic on the cover , there 'd be little to indicate to an early reader that this was indeed the same mag ! |
| 15 | If it were n't for the tailpiece , there would be distinct LP Junior/Melody Maker overtones , especially in view of Larry 's choice of pickup . |
| 16 | If it were n't for this job creation scheme I 'd be on the rubbish tip |
| 17 | If it were n't for the bit I earn I daresay me and my bairns would be in Dudley House an' all . |
| 18 | ‘ If it were n't for the children , I would , ’ Ernest admitted . |
| 19 | IF IT were n't for the presence of two eclipses , December would be one of the better months of the year . |
| 20 | In Tune with the Infinite , subtitled Fullness of Peace , Power and Plenty , would not be out of place on any committed New Ager 's bookshelf if it were n't for the frequent references to God and the Holy Spirit . |
| 21 | ‘ If it were n't for the fact that we have to spend time and pay lawyers to deal with it , we would find the whole thing laughable , ’ E&Y 's marketing partner David Wilson told ACCOUNTANCY . |
| 22 | Mr Lewis seemed angry that he could n't enjoy his freedom in the country due to the army — but he would n't be able to enjoy his freedom at all , if it were n't for the army . |
| 23 | Or I would be if it were n't for the circumstances . |
| 24 | ‘ If it were n't for the three dead men , this could be almost amusing . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Now we have to work secretly but if it were n't for the repression the Communities would be much bigger . |
| 27 | Erm there 's been a reduction er , in the er , staff er because er er people have moved on and er , I take Sue 's point about er if it were n't for the fact that erm they 'd got fully e e experienced staff who 've been there some time , they have n't , not used to this churning over o of , and therefore , that has paid off in er in er in erm so far as being able to deal with the problems that have arisen and er , you 'll see further on er , addition profiles of the work that 's been done with er in this area over the town . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | No one knows what these carved objects might have been for , so perhaps they were n't for anything , but a heartening prehistoric example of art for art 's sake . |
| 30 | This could be a very beautiful sight , I 'm sure , if it were n't for the fact that the men all look like Jim Bowen and the women all look like your mother . |