Example sentences of "not [be] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 But it will certainly not be down to any shortage of hard work or effort beforehand . ’
2 Cook and Joan would not be down for another hour yet , so she made herself a cup of coffee on the gas stove .
3 That box , the Series 1000 wo n't be around until next year .
4 For the time being Microsoft has its guns trained on the Unix application base , but it is taking little or no effort to persuade ISVs to port to an operating system that by even its own admission wo n't be around until next Spring at the earliest .
5 He should n't be up at this time !
6 He seems to be enjoying it , but he has a weak chest and really he should n't be out on cold winter afternoons .
7 I mean , they should n't be out at this time of year cos the you know , the
8 ‘ The snow-ploughs wo n't be out till early morning , and if you 'd got stuck in the middle of nowhere … ’
9 They wo n't be back till this evening . ’
10 He wo n't be back until next summer .
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