Example sentences of "[not/n't] what you [modal v] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Friedman 's early guitar lessons were not what you 'd call fruitful , since his teacher was less than keen on showing Marty his favourite Frehley licks . |
| 2 | ‘ A lot of the time the changes in design are very small — they 're not what you 'd call major fashion changes . ’ |
| 3 | Not what you 'd call important . ’ |
| 4 | K. M. Bribes were n't what you might call rife . |
| 5 | She was n't what you might call strict either , but she knew it would n't be right , that their last chance was to hold on until they were married , so that , however mean and poor it was , their marriage would have that at least to make it special . |
| 6 | I mean the bottles were n't what you 'd call dirty , from having contained medicine or anything like that . |
| 7 | But at that time it was n't what you 'd call modern in so far as you had n't got hot water from a sort of gas fir Electric heating . |
| 8 | Maybe the life we lead is n't what you 'd call exciting , but we care about each other and that 's what counts . ’ |
| 9 | And my family were n't what you 'd term rich , ’ he added in another of his vast whispers . |