Example sentences of "be not [pron] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not one for the bright lights . |
| 2 | ‘ Are n't you on the council-house waiting list then ? ’ |
| 3 | Probably a British businessman with enough money to go romping off to America on some tax-deductible crusade — heavens you were n't anybody in the Sixties if you could n't to that twice a year . ’ |
| 4 | Hm yes it 's better is n't it for the extra |
| 5 | ‘ Is n't he in the right place for it ? |
| 6 | Is n't he in the British Government or something ? ’ |
| 7 | The opposition leaders he met agreed that the question of reunification of Germany was not one for the German people alone , but was the rightful concern of their European neighbours . |
| 8 | He gained a reputation as the Buster Keaton of the cricket world , a man who rarely seemed to have any expression on his face and who was not one for the excited cavortings that greet the fall of a wicket ; yet behind the mask a good deal of thought was given to his bowling , and he was liked and respected by his fellow players . |
| 9 | He was not one for the romantic niceties , was Reg . |
| 10 | I du n no it was about to shut was n't it at the same time and it it was like well it 's worth gon na get them . |
| 11 | But was n't it for the best that his son be separated from Jennifer ? |
| 12 | Was n't it in the first cousin of just this sort of place that two centuries earlier another wandering fiddler , the blind poet Raftery , had composed his famous lament about ‘ playing music to empty pockets ’ ? |