Example sentences of "[not/n't] [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] to " in BNC.

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1 A block should be used as a deflection , not as a head-on challenge to an oncoming technique .
2 Well tired , we 're not in a desperate hurry to be done tonight , you 're not gon na have them now .
3 the traveller is not in a fit state to be received at the inn .
4 An innkeeper can refuse service to any person who is not in a fit state to be received at the inn .
5 And I think this social position is more apparent to the informant and the variation in role relations more marked than if the interviewer is an outsider and not in a particular relation to the speakers from the outset .
6 She was n't in a fit state to be on her own .
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