Example sentences of "be n't [art] [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You are n't a servant at Thornfield Hall , of course . |
| 2 | er other than wh the church ones , which obviously are n't a lot of use to us for this |
| 3 | One thing to be grateful about from my point of view … that Yorkies are n't the size of Rottweilers ! |
| 4 | ‘ And in any case high principles are n't the kind of things one notices at a cocktail party — or perhaps only in a negative way , as when somebody drinks tomato juice rather than gin . ’ |
| 5 | Because if you do n't , if do n't do a word by word translation , as some of you did , you , you may miss the meaning of certain words , and that might totally alter your perception of what 's being said , and then what you should , wh when you 've done a literal translation , you will have a very stiff erm , u unusual version of it , written in modern English vocabulary but you 'll find that word ordering and things like that wo n't be appropriate , and sometimes the vocabulary are n't the kind of words that would normally be used now . |
| 6 | Are n't the majority of fans being short-changed a little here ? |
| 7 | ‘ Those are n't the sort of things you shoot , though , are they ? ’ |
| 8 | Sasha Konietzko and En Esch , it seems fair to say , are n't the sort of boys you take to Uncle Ken 's for a glass of ginger beer and a plate of fairy cakes . |
| 9 | Sasha Konietzko and En Esch , it seems fair to say , are n't the sort of boys you take to Uncle Ken 's for a glass of ginger beer and a plate of fairy cakes . |
| 10 | And these are n't the sort of people that write to us using block capitals all the way through , these are reasonable people who 've had their property damaged over the years some quite horrendous tales and talk about walls being knocked down . |
| 11 | Well somebody had cleaned all sink cos sink were there were n't a mark on sink when I went today . |
| 12 | Buckingham Palace were n't a lot of help in the matter yesterday . |
| 13 | Were n't a lot of choice was there ? |
| 14 | There were n't a lot of bleach in it . |
| 15 | But the average pay was still below the police plus there was job security — there were n't a lot of jobs paying pensions then . |
| 16 | There were n't a lot of room but you do n't care do you ? |
| 17 | In fact , all the shows that played there were amazing although we did two or three shows in America where there were n't a lot of people . |
| 18 | ‘ I respected you and I knew you were n't the kind of girl who slept around . |
| 19 | I knew you were n't the kind of woman I could conveniently disregard , as I 'd disregarded Celeste , and I certainly did n't want to become entangled with my team-mate 's girlfriend — ’ |
| 20 | They were n't the kind of people who could get themselves together and organized , it was a more and more the bottom end of the scale and people who were actually erm you know , really powerless in many ways . |
| 21 | A High Court judge has ruled that her injuries were n't the result of negligence . |
| 22 | Briefly , she wondered if this were n't the sort of thing the Doctor was after , but decided to continue searching . |
| 23 | ‘ They were n't the sort of terrorists who demanded dollars , gold or murder . |
| 24 | ‘ You deserve it , but I was afraid they were n't the sort of people to make wills and the house would go to the Crown or whatever they do in these cases . ’ |
| 25 | Now , no , erm if there is n't a ministry for women , and if there is n't a government change I do n't think that 's a bad thing . |
| 26 | So , up we go the road narrows straight past the first left , there is n't a sign for Monkey Island at all . |
| 27 | This is n't a case of writers bleating because their own books wo n't be available ; we all spent hours in libraries learning our trade , the only way to learn to write is to how it 's done by other people be it well or badly |
| 28 | And Ballymoney college chiefs say it is n't a case of horses for courses . |
| 29 | This is n't a deficit in response inhibition as such because the animals never develop a history of being reinforced in one arm of the maze in preference to any other . |
| 30 | ‘ There is n't a man in Britain who would be able to touch him at lightweight or light middleweight , ’ he said . |