Example sentences of "[was/were] n't for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 's one of several who 'd be unable to study if it were n't for the nursery . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | If it were n't for the bit I earn I daresay me and my bairns would be in Dudley House an' all . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | IF IT were n't for the presence of two eclipses , December would be one of the better months of the year . |
| 6 | Now we have to work secretly but if it were n't for the repression the Communities would be much bigger . |
| 7 | In fact , if it were n't for the program 's stunning speed , you could easily believe you were running a Windows application . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 |
| 15 | If it was n't for the law of libel we could probably make a very nice little thing out of it . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | He could n't catch the winner , Carlos Saintz , but it was n't for the lack of trying . |
| 18 | ‘ If it was n't for the desk set I would n't have got interested in Russian art . |
| 19 | ‘ If it was n't for the drink , I might n't have told you . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Indeed , if it was n't for the warning we found in his pouch , we would have assumed it was a simple accident . ’ |
| 22 | That pool that pool would be really good if it was n't for the water . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | If only it was n't for the cold that nagged at us constantly . |
| 26 | 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 ? |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | This would actually be my preferred lower route if it was n't for the traffic on the Wrynose Pass road . |
| 29 | She says : ‘ If it was n't for the dedication of the medical team I would n't be here today . ’ |
| 30 | it was n't for the Dalesman it was for er |