Example sentences of "n't the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Might n't the girl be hidden on the mountain ? ’ |
| 32 | ‘ Why should n't the girl do something for her keep ? |
| 33 | Rock is n't the art form of the chattering classes and only a minority of its practitioners have any expertise in elucidating a rigorous conceptual rationale for their work . |
| 34 | Is n't the clue to a murder usually found in part of the victim 's past , or his dealings with people ? |
| 35 | ‘ It was n't the litigation we would lose that was the problem , ’ he said at the time . |
| 36 | She was n't the shape for running , she decided , although she was growing taller suddenly — too tall for her liking , because Midnight was only fourteen and a bit hands . |
| 37 | Why are n't the insurance companies doing more to curb such tactics ? |
| 38 | He blanched at that , but it was n't the insurance premiums he was worried about . |
| 39 | Well I would of thought so , although today it must be admitted that single people , do n't get offered one bedroom flats , but then in those days there was n't the shortage of accommodation that there is today |
| 40 | And it was n't the rope , it was a pair of fancy stockin 's that they dish out , so I was told . ’ |
| 41 | Her step was much lighter than it had been the previous day , but when she saw that her inquisitor was n't the Obersturmfuhrer , her heart sank . |
| 42 | Cos she was n't the nurse cos she walked in half way through the inquest . |
| 43 | ‘ There is n't the depth of strength which you find in the best labs in the States or in Japan . |
| 44 | His mother was n't the daughter of Arthur Naulls but born of a summertime passion between a pretty servant and one of the greatest novelists of the twentieth century . |
| 45 | After a few days , nine or ten , I wondered if it would aid things to pay a visit to Scotland , but I had n't the purpose for it , let alone the money . |
| 46 | But I could n't honestly ask for that because it was n't the purpose of our plan . |
| 47 | Therefore , why ca n't the public have access . |
| 48 | Why ca n't the public be more like us ? |
| 49 | CHILDREN are allowed to divorce their parents , so why ca n't the public divorce bad politicians ? |
| 50 | If they do n't match he is n't the thief and he 'll get his job back . |
| 51 | ’ Did n't the thief himself tell you anything , when you questioned him ? ’ |
| 52 | ‘ I can show that she is n't the thief . ’ |
| 53 | So it was n't the bicycle people that , that the two , that they were laying in ambush for , must of been the car thieves they were laying in ambush for . |
| 54 | So it was n't the clutch then ? |
| 55 | The interesting thing , just in passing , that particular time of the year was not actually harvest time , and as Jesus looked over the harvest field it was n't the harvest field that was ripened corn , it was actually full of green shoots , and it is the harvest now is ripe , it 's plenteous because he was n't talking about that , he was talking about men and women . |
| 56 | And Mrs McMahon , who naturally had n't seen it because had n't she just this minute arrived back from the village and was n't the dress still in its bag , looked up at the three hovering on the stairs as though it were a divine deliverance , mumbled vaguely about a headache coming on , and thankfully abandoned her responsibilities to whoever was willing to take them on . |
| 57 | ‘ All right , so it was n't the bottle by the bed . |
| 58 | Yet she had n't the heart to forbid him to smoke when he had so few comforts left . |
| 59 | Most mothers have n't the heart to deny their children the care and comfort they have given them all their lives and many continue to run round them long after they are old enough to look after themselves . |
| 60 | Malc was furious , especially when I admitted that I had n't the heart to charge the old dear , so we were two quid out of pocket . |