Example sentences of "n't for [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was n't for want of trying . |
| 2 | Editorial decisions are backed by extensive market research , and manuscripts selected and edited according to ‘ whether the story lives up to the high standards that Mills and Boon readers have set for us … we ca n't please every one of our readers all the time , but it is n't for want of trying ! ’ |
| 3 | Footnote : The Greatest Living Irishman never got to pat the knee of the Greatest Living Human Being , but it was n't for lack of trying . |
| 4 | But I did n't go to the altar ; to be honest it was n't for lack of offers , but because they always seemed to come from people I would n't have been caught dead at an altar with . |
| 5 | Mrs Aggie was n't for shows of affection , which , she felt , was a pity , for love should have an expression . |
| 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 | What no one could have bought , what was n't for sale at any price , was Alison 's way with the place . |