Example sentences of "be n't [prep] the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 when he 's down he ca n't move , I said yes he can , she said he ca n't , and three times she told them and it were n't until the third day , they apologise , they said I 'm awfully sorry we did n't realise just how
2 Any organic material must inevitably reflect its origin , and can not contain what it was n't in the first place .
3 Marion ? and I was n't in the last week so I doubt whether
4 It was n't until the ninth week that orders finally came through and they were called back to the man-made square .
5 It was n't until the mid-16th century that corks began to appear again .
6 It was n't until the next day someone heard him shouting and came to his rescue .
7 She got told off for being late , but it was n't until the next day that Sally 's parents were phoned by the school who had heard about a gang of young people being at the hospital the previous night .
8 The police did n't inform the British Consulate about Jeremy 's disappearance until October 30 , and it was n't until the next day that the consulate contacted Jeremy 's grandmother in England .
9 Smith and Steve Mardenborough both limped off and it was n't until the 62nd minute that the home keeper was tested by a 25-yard floater from Mitch Cook .
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