Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] be n't [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must of been on holiday or something , cos tha , that 's the only reason I would n't of gone , if I , if I was n't in the country . |
| 2 | tonight and then I 'm on me raffle next week , but after next , I mean I can stop in the next , I mean I was , I 've never been out since a week on Tuesday cos I was n't on the raffle Friday |
| 3 | They never dreamt that it could happen cos she was n't in the risk age group or anything , it just never crossed their minds that it might happen and they were totally well they just did n't know what to think . |
| 4 | In fact , a rather strange expression crossed her face when she saw Jessamy standing there , as if she was n't in the least pleased to see her . |
| 5 | erm like you we read the first passage and it was kind of what 's what 's all this about if you was n't in the room and you did n't know what was being you have n't got a clue what was going on because it does n't tell you , but the rest of the sections that put down they do give a sort of brief analysis |
| 6 | Whatever happened to you , you were on a charge if you were n't at the point that the sergeant expected you . |
| 7 | ‘ So where did you go if you were n't at the police station ? |
| 8 | IF YOU WERE N'T IN THE F&W , WHICH GROUP WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE IN ? |
| 9 | Sometimes we got to be down at Bullard 's brewery by six o clock in the morning with a load , because they 'd start loading the beer up at six o'clock ; and if you were n't in the yard afore they started you could n't get in at all . |
| 10 | Cos they were n't near the glasses . |
| 11 | The establishment 's boast was that if it was n't on the menu , then you could take your pick for free . |
| 12 | ‘ If it was n't for the drink , I might n't have told you . |
| 13 | I 'm sure if it was n't for the explosions close at hand he would have dropped off to sleep . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | My theory is that living in Lincolnshire most roads consist of hundred yard straights followed by a 90° bend to the right then another hundred yard straight and a 90° bend to the left — just to go round somebody 's field — in fact if it was n't for the drainage ditches you could travel in straight lines — assuming you have a Land Rover that is . |
| 16 | People would have lived happily if it was n't for the troubles instigated by the government and the Jewish Agency . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Besides , if it was n't for the cuts , I 'd have had a permanent job by now . |
| 18 | Say what you like about the Ryder Cup and The Belfry , if it was n't for the 9th , 10th and 18th holes , it would be as average as it looks . |
| 19 | In a nasty , but highly entertaining tirade , one of the more perceptive remarks was that if it was n't for The Wedding Present , Ukrainian music would be confined solely to Blue Peter specials ; surely one of the main reasons the band did it in the first place . |
| 20 | Well it would be if it was n't for the tricky traps , perplexing puzzles , tantalising time limit and crafty creatures with an appetite for raw Rufus ! |
| 21 | If it was n't for the evil shadow of this wicked body , we could all be a lot happier about Major 's slim majority . |
| 22 | If it was n't for the boys practising with my golf club , I 'm sure it would have died . |
| 23 | She is not keen on hardbacks : ‘ If it was n't for the literary editors we would n't be publishing in hardback any more — some books we would , but not a lot . ’ |
| 24 | She says : ‘ If it was n't for the dedication of the medical team I would n't be here today . ’ |
| 25 | This would actually be my preferred lower route if it was n't for the traffic on the Wrynose Pass road . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | I 'm almost certain I would never have been a writer if it was n't for the Moroneys . |
| 28 | If it was n't for the kids , I 'd probably be out there now doing something silly . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | ‘ If it was n't for the desk set I would n't have got interested in Russian art . |