Example sentences of "n't [adj] [noun] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a non-philosopher I always used to find that slightly depressing statement that of Eyre 's about beauty , and it seemed to me that one could immediately follow that by saying just because there 's a word for it maybe you have it because you like it and you want to use it and is n't that self-validating in a sense . |
| 2 | ‘ This is n't some sort of a confession , is it ? ’ |
| 3 | She gave him a brief , grateful smile and went on : ‘ And is n't this use of a foetus particularly dangerous ? |
| 4 | And Titan was way off her patch , there was n't much chance of a return load . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh , I used to tread the boards , I am an actor all right but there are n't many roles for a man who sustained an injury that left one leg shorter than the other . |
| 6 | You would n't ten shillings for a day . |
| 7 | Everybody in ‘ our town ’ feels indignant about the insult to the respected old gentleman , and a proposal gets off the ground to give a subscription dinner in his honour ; but finally ‘ we ’ think better of it , ‘ perhaps realizing at last that a man had , after all , been pulled by the nose , so there really was n't any cause for a celebration . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ There was n't any need for a change to the rules , ’ he said . |
| 9 | The thought of a Labour Government , inter-stellar travel , Phil Collins writing a song with a comma in it , why there are n't any walnuts inside a Walnut Whip any more . |
| 10 | He had n't enough money for a taxi so they took the bus back to Champney Crucis . |
| 11 | We were looking forward to gorging ourselves , but the buyer was a restaurateur and his chef had skinned it so cleanly that there was n't enough flesh for a sandwich ) . |