Example sentences of "it be [adv] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it were n't for Lennie , George could have had a peaceful life and have married someone but it is this power of ‘ deep-inside ’ love which kept them together . |
| 2 | If it were n't for Dr Russell , the decision would be easy … |
| 3 | If it were n't for Dr Penry Vaughan she might well be dead . |
| 4 | I do n't want to stay here , and if it were n't for Mr. Stavanger I 'd have gone long ago . |
| 5 | ‘ If it were n't for tetherball , I think we both would have died of boredom ’ |
| 6 | If it were n't for people like myself erm then maybe the older German tradition of historical writing would still today be dominant . |
| 7 | He did n't act much like a man who was expecting a favour , and if it were n't for Ana he certainly would n't get one . |
| 8 | But I do n't know what I 'd do if it were n't for Sean . |
| 9 | Conservative group leader Tony Richmond accused finance committee chair Jan Taylor of saying the council would have set a higher budget if it were not for government spending constraints . |
| 10 | This death of Solomon reissues would be understandable if it were not for treatment given by EMI to other pianists . |
| 11 | If it were not for Section 8 of the Contempt of Court Act , we might be able to make reforms more rationally on the basis of , at least , a minimal sample of the recorded deliberations of informed and unidentified jurors . |
| 12 | More straightforward were the comments recorded by Leonora Eyles of women in the early 1920s who declared that they would not mind married life so much if it were not for bedtime , or the anecdote related by a birth control pioneer to a 1930 conference on the provision of birth control information by public health authorities : |
| 13 | The mammoth catalogue raisonné of Magritte 's work would almost certainly not have come into existence if it were not for John ( d. 1973 ) and Dominique de Menil . |
| 14 | If it were nt for Sky I would nt have a clue exactly what teams were playing like . |
| 15 | That was a great great left footed shot and could have got a nasty deflection , it 's luckily for Shrewsbury it went straight through everybody and er over for a goal kick . |
| 16 | it 's probably for grub … ’ not quite such good |
| 17 | No , I think it 's probably for Longmans . |
| 18 | It 's mostly for journalists , but there are some golfers and some celebrities . |
| 19 | the monarchy are non political and therefore , when they choose to speak it 's usually out of a genuine concern for that problem , it 's not for popularity or personal gain because they are there already and , I think that is quite important when po politicians tend to do good it 's usually to get votes . |
| 20 | It 's not for council . |
| 21 | ‘ We have made clear our commitment to the National Health Service — it 's not for profit , it 's not for sale . ’ |
| 22 | Oh do you want this in your thing for , oh no it 's not for school is it , no , no , sorry , sorry , sorry , sorry . |
| 23 | Yeah but not but it 's not for school it 's for some people outside school , it 's a sort of |
| 24 | So that 's that 's why erm the numbers are important it 's not for maths . |
| 25 | It 's not for want of trying . ’ |
| 26 | I regret that there is n't a man here who would uphold the opposite point of view and it 's not for want of trying . |
| 27 | But , says Ann , it 's not for want of trying . |
| 28 | It 's not for music it one of those , his machine for work . |
| 29 | ‘ We have made clear our commitment to the National Health Service — it 's not for profit , it 's not for sale . ’ |
| 30 | If it 's not for sale , I 'll pay you to let me borrow it . |