Example sentences of "was [not/n't] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One horse had detached itself and ambled towards the line of protesters but it was not for a moment that Meredith realised , with a pang of dismay , that it was Blazer carrying Harriet . |
| 2 | He hoped Barbara could read the sub-text here : that if she was offering him some kind of invitation — and he was not for a moment suggesting that he was worthy of such a thing if she were — then he was regretfully declining it , on the understanding that both of them knew why . |
| 3 | She agreed to avoid alcohol , and because the next session was not for a week , to telephone the therapist in 3 days time to inform him of her progress . |
| 4 | But the Spirit of God was not for every Tom , Dick and Harry . |
| 5 | It was not for the court to manipulate the sentence ; this was a matter for the exercise of the Royal Prerogative of mercy . |
| 6 | Housewife Rita Davis , of Ilford , Essex , said : ‘ We would never have known what our taxes are going on if it was not for the Mirror . ’ |
| 7 | If Lord Chandos commissioned operas from Handel , it was not for the public 's enjoyment . |
| 8 | Yet nothing had changed since , and his worry now was not for the competition , but for what lay beyond , what would happen to Firelight when he left school in the summer and joined the ranks of the unemployed or , with doubtful luck , got on to his father 's building site . |
| 9 | Without in any way making light of the distress of the parents of Tony Bland , it is very important to keep a firm hold of the fact that Tony himself was not reported to be in any pain or distress ; so any change in the treatment he was receiving was not for the purpose of relieving acute suffering of the patient . |
| 10 | When he recovered , he had experienced conversion , and from that time on he refused all offers of writing work that was not for the glory of God . |
| 11 | It would be nice to dismiss this as a problem concerning a far-off country paying the price of its excess , if it was not for the West 's dependency on Japan 's past boom . |
| 12 | The biggest cheer in this race , however , was not for the winner , it was for Barry Wright , who finished last of the four on top weight Midnight Madness . |
| 13 | It was not for the Government to pull the plug on a venture which was running and had cost Mr Murdoch ‘ vast amounts of money ’ . |
| 14 | The only thing he and Rangers lacked was a goal , but it was not for the want of trying . |
| 15 | Never a great footballing side , if it was not for the fact that they are in the same League as Athletico Whaddon , they would probably be known as the Athletico Whaddon of Division Three . |
| 16 | ‘ And ‘ t was not for the hand of a child that I wrote to your father a year later . ’ |
| 17 | He had withdrawn early with his guests , for they were bent on leaving next morning , and their business with him was not for the openness of the hall . |
| 18 | Shildon had excused his initial omissions on the grounds that he had concealed that he was engaged in work which was not for the business section . |
| 19 | The unhappiness was not for the shop , but for a lady who was employed by Mr Bacon on a part-time basis , and the lady was my aunt Mary . |
| 20 | If it was not for the Leeds fans and manager Howard Wilkinson I would not have got anywhere near this . |
| 21 | Throughout these painful exchanges , the King had remained at Sandringham ; it was not for the sovereign to intervene between one faction of the Cabinet and another . |
| 22 | It was terrible , I 'd always been independent , or when I was n't for a while I got my own social security money . |
| 23 | If it was n't for a bit of aggression , he would n't be where he is now . |
| 24 | ‘ Thought it was n't for a woman , etc . |
| 25 | he 's a little , aye I know but he 's , yeah I know but it was n't for a week was it ? |
| 26 | 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 ? |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | If it was n't for the boys practising with my golf club , I 'm sure it would have died . |
| 29 | The committee would never have given me this show if it was n't for the Machin revival . |
| 30 | If it was n't for the law of libel we could probably make a very nice little thing out of it . ’ |