Example sentences of "[be] n't for the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | But then small automatics are n't for the performance buff ! |
2 | if it were n't for the games |
3 | She 's one of several who 'd be unable to study if it were n't for the nursery . |
4 | Or I would be if it were n't for the circumstances . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | If it were n't for the bit I earn I daresay me and my bairns would be in Dudley House an' all . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | IF IT were n't for the presence of two eclipses , December would be one of the better months of the year . |
9 | ‘ If it were n't for the children , I would , ’ Ernest admitted . |
10 | Now we have to work secretly but if it were n't for the repression the Communities would be much bigger . |
11 | In fact , if it were n't for the program 's stunning speed , you could easily believe you were running a Windows application . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | ‘ 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 . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | It was after ten o'clock , and he would be quite right to disapprove , if it were n't for the fact that , in spite of appearances , she had slept for only a few hours last night . |
17 | If it were n't for the fact that her grandmother had helped her grandfather form the original company of Sarah Chester Fabrics , that it was her grandmother 's designs combined with her grandfather 's technical know-how that had started the whole thing off , she 'd have written off all the Chester males as hopeless chauvinists . |
18 | overpower , you know , creep up on you , I , I 'd , it 'd just get the better of me Eric that 's why I got really the other one you see and that , I , I have n't come to any harm not having it , and erm I 've just got to get rid of this because it 's , I 'd do a lot more Eric if it were n't for the television , I know I 'll miss it when I get rid of it you see , it has been described as a plug-in drug |
19 | The social mythology of the Republic is built on the concept of classlessness — the belief , as President George Bush once put it , that class is ‘ for European democracies or something else — it is n't for the United States of America . |
20 | They will conclude , as people on a South London council estate expressed it when they observed the middle-class congregation going into their local church each Sunday , ‘ That church is n't for the likes of us . ’ |
21 | An' 'e 'd say : ‘ Them books is n't for the likes o' you , Jack . |
22 | Yet the Saab CD 2.3 Turbo is n't for the power crazy . |
23 | The bad language means this production is n't for the family enclosure but is recommended for those on the North Bank . |
24 | 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 ? |
25 | 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 . |
26 | If it was n't for the boys practising with my golf club , I 'm sure it would have died . |
27 | The committee would never have given me this show if it was n't for the Machin revival . |
28 | If it was n't for the law of libel we could probably make a very nice little thing out of it . ’ |
29 | And it was n't for the others ' safety . |
30 | 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 . |