Example sentences of "n't [verb] as a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says male rape does n't exist as a legal entity in this country , the law needs changing to alter people 's perceptions It 's the same as any other serious sexual crime |
| 2 | but someone he could trust , someone who understood the language , someone who would afterwards be gone , who would n't remain as a perpetual reminder of his uncertainties , a fellow professional to whom he could comfortably think aloud . |
| 3 | There are many things that I can do now , but could n't do as a young man , which contradicts the notion that in order to be a good instrumentalist you have to acquire a comprehensive technique i your teens . |
| 4 | It is n't seen as a feminine quality , confidence ; girls are supposed to be quite demure . |
| 5 | It does n't work as a political play . |
| 6 | It was n't known as a National Anthem , apparently until eighteen fifty-two . |
| 7 | Um , as we know from studies of re story telling , as we know from studies of memories for story structure and recall , memories for everyday events mm there 's er a substantial way in which memories are scripted , which memories um seem to fit a schemer , which memories ah are n't stored as a literal description of something but they 're something that we re-construct as we tell them . |
| 8 | It seems the attack did n't come as a total surprise . |
| 9 | What about the skills which are very important but do n't come as a formal part of any subject , the so-called communication skills ? |