Example sentences of "[pron] was [not/n't] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shildon had excused his initial omissions on the grounds that he had concealed that he was engaged in work which was not for the business section . |
| 2 | He had withdrawn early with his guests , for they were bent on leaving next morning , and their business with him was not for the openness of the hall . |
| 3 | That pool that pool would be really good if it was n't for the water . |
| 4 | It 's a domestic policy , hands off right and this was one of the arguments one of those potent arguments that they 've used in the last forty years right but it 's incredibly naive because any domestic policy will have an international dimension I remember the about European Community right but it was n't for the operation of the common agricultural policy countries in the European Community would be net importers of agricultural goods as we were ten years ago bec because er of protectionism we 've now increased our self sufficiency to the point where were a net exporter of agricultural goods what implications has th does that have for international trade ? |
| 5 | ‘ If it was n't for the drink , I might n't have told you . |
| 6 | The committee would never have given me this show if it was n't for the Machin revival . |
| 7 | A dirty beatnik and he 'd turn me out if it was n't for Maggie and if it was n't for the painting , and I 'd go , anyway , if it was n't for Maggie . |
| 8 | I 'm almost certain I would never have been a writer if it was n't for the Moroneys . |
| 9 | Yea , drinking 's always got me into trouble in the past , I mean now I 've thought about it , I 've thought what a stupid idiot I 'd be , so you know if it was n't for the course , then I probably would have gone and done it again , you know , without a second thought . |
| 10 | She 'd be sent to her room and hear them going on about how if it was n't for The Child — her — everything would be different and it would have ended years ago . |
| 11 | ‘ If it was n't for the desk set I would n't have got interested in Russian art . |
| 12 | I 'm sure if it was n't for the explosions close at hand he would have dropped off to sleep . |
| 13 | Indeed , if it was n't for the warning we found in his pouch , we would have assumed it was a simple accident . ’ |
| 14 | If it was n't for the boys practising with my golf club , I 'm sure it would have died . |
| 15 | If it was n't for the air of wary intelligence about him it might have been supposed that he was a barbarian from the Hubland wastes . |
| 16 | If it was n't for the law of libel we could probably make a very nice little thing out of it . ’ |
| 17 | And it was n't for the others ' safety . |
| 18 | So they kept on going for goals ; did n't get any , but it was n't for the lack of trying ; Southend 0 ; Oxford 3 . |
| 19 | He could n't catch the winner , Carlos Saintz , but it was n't for the lack of trying . |
| 20 | and it 's , no but here it 's only the holidays that really matter , if it was n't for the holidays I really would n't bother because here it really is so plotted out is n't it ? |
| 21 | yeah , completely , and erm and if it was n't for the holidays I 'd really think oh for God 's sake , bugger this , you know , I ca n't be bothered . |
| 22 | If only it was n't for the cold that nagged at us constantly . |
| 23 | He could have taken the isolation better if it was n't for the batteries in his radio dying on him without warning ; usually they faded over a couple of nights but this time it was just zonk , no signal . |
| 24 | People would have lived happily if it was n't for the troubles instigated by the government and the Jewish Agency . ’ |
| 25 | She says : ‘ If it was n't for the dedication of the medical team I would n't be here today . ’ |
| 26 | If it was n't for the kids , I 'd probably be out there now doing something silly . |
| 27 | They say that if you , if it was n't for the shooting we would n't have any grouse or pheasants cos they would n't be preserved . |
| 28 | If it was n't for the fact that Michael Ryan was now a force to be reckoned with , the other families would have tried to force them out . |
| 29 | We will outside the erm the supporting it if it was n't for the fact that we understand that the officers would have a great deal of difficulty spending that money . |
| 30 | It is all so silly , and I would n't take him so seriously if it was n't for the fact that five years ago he had an affair and , yes , she had long hair . |