Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] was [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time that Israel became part of the Roman empire , the idea was already widespread among the various religious sects that the ‘ End of the World ’ was at hand , although it was only for the Essenes of Qumran that this belief assumed a definite form ; that , whereas the First Judgement at the time of Noah had been destruction by water , the Last Judgement would be destruction by fire . |
| 2 | If it was n't for a bit of aggression , he would n't be where he is now . |
| 3 | ‘ If it was n't for the drink , I might n't have told you . |
| 4 | I 'm sure if it was n't for the explosions close at hand he would have dropped off to sleep . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | People would have lived happily if it was n't for the troubles instigated by the government and the Jewish Agency . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Besides , if it was n't for the cuts , I 'd have had a permanent job by now . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 ! |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | If it was n't for the boys practising with my golf club , I 'm sure it would have died . |
| 14 | 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 . ’ |
| 15 | She says : ‘ If it was n't for the dedication of the medical team I would n't be here today . ’ |
| 16 | This would actually be my preferred lower route if it was n't for the traffic on the Wrynose Pass road . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I 'm almost certain I would never have been a writer if it was n't for the Moroneys . |
| 19 | If it was n't for the kids , I 'd probably be out there now doing something silly . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ If it was n't for the desk set I would n't have got interested in Russian art . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | If it was n't for the Great Video Game in the sky , I 'd probably be reduced to watching The Young Doctors . |
| 24 | The committee would never have given me this show if it was n't for the Machin revival . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | What I 'm asking for is that we keep this approach up to fight this government to give er our senior citizens a better chance in this life , cos a lot of us here would not be here today if it was n't for the senior citizens who brought us up . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | If it was n't for the law of libel we could probably make a very nice little thing out of it . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ The public should be left in no doubt that if it was n't for the police patrol there would have been quite a few fatalities . |
| 30 | The Westminster Press cost budget is now adjusted and they 're currently trading at a nine percent margin which would be ten percent if it was n't for the er , expenditure on er , Yorkshire on Sunday er , the circulation of which is growing very nicely . |