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

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1 ‘ I 'd be much happier knowing you and I were n't at the beck and call of such a man . ’
2 tonight and then I 'm on me raffle next week , but after next , I mean I can stop in the next , I mean I was , I 've never been out since a week on Tuesday cos I was n't on the raffle Friday
3 I was n't on the hill that evening but Mrs Goreng sent me to one of the big communal TVs they had set up on poles in the Praça .
4 They they 've looked at erm housing and er industrial development , er I was n't at the discussion yesterday , but clearly they 've put a significant effort into deciding what the appropriate level of new industrial development is .
5 Well I was n't at the time .
6 ’ Now he wanted to know why I was n't at the point .
7 I was n't at the conference , what a pity .
8 But I was n't of the seniority to be one of the inner group of ministers which all prime ministers tend to work most closely with .
9 I was n't with the Company any more and Arnie did n't have much in the way of friends left in DC so …
10 When I was n't with the animals I spent hours playing with my favourite toy , a large piece of wood which I pretended was our horse , Dicks .
11 I was n't into The Chameleons anyway , ’ he finishes .
12 I was n't into The Chameleons anyway , ’ he finishes .
13 I was confident I was n't over the limit .
14 Smiles from that quarter are not so plentiful that I can afford to disregard them , but I was n't in the mood to appreciate one right at that moment .
15 ‘ As I said , I was n't in the mood to listen to details . ’
16 I did n't try to make them fall for me , because at that time I was n't in the mood for that sort of thing . ’
17 I could always get Fenella or somebody to answer the phone and I was n't in the phone book , so I figured that if I chickened out , I could block her .
18 I must of been on holiday or something , cos tha , that 's the only reason I would n't of gone , if I , if I was n't in the country .
19 When I was n't in the park , I was cataloguing the host of visitors to the weeping willow tree on our front lawn — just about everything that would sit in a tree came there , mostly blackbirds , sparrows and pigeons , but the ducks loved the shelter of the drooping branches .
20 It 's lucky I was n't in the water then floating , cos that would 've been dangerous with that boat going past .
21 Yes , as you say , I was n't in the Cabinet so I ca n't really speak with any authority at all about how he conducted affairs there .
22 I was n't in the sort of job where you could do that , so I lost it .
23 I 'm just one of the Star Councillors , but I was n't in the Star Room when you showed them the animal .
24 ‘ But I 'd just seen you talking to Phena , who told you I was n't in the study , ’ he said softly .
25 After I had finally collected my British passport from Petty France , I bought an Evening Standard and found that I was n't in the team .
26 ‘ Why did n't you tell me in Brighton when we met that I was n't in the team ?
27 ‘ Just because I was n't in the team that day did n't mean I felt any less embarrassed by the result .
28 He had already told me on the Friday at the training session , and in front of about 20 of the lads , that I was n't in the team .
29 ( I have to say I was n't in the room with him thought I was working at the Daily Mail at the time . )
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