Example sentences of "n't [be] [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Choose an open , sunny site where brassicas have n't been grown for a few years . |
| 2 | So he went up and had a scan and they s they checked it and of course when they checked the scan they noticed that his kid one of his kidneys had n't been functioning for a long time . |
| 3 | These plants have n't been sprayed with a single chemical . |
| 4 | ‘ He had n't been beaten for a long time , and was very confident so I think defeat came as a bit of a shock . |
| 5 | They are there to see in various books that have been published ; I suppose it is sad that they have n't been seen by a wider opera-going public . |
| 6 | Er or indeed you know , the issue er of a job which had n't been done on a particular machine er but was timed on another one . |
| 7 | ‘ You are having the kind of crush that is natural in a girl your age , and if you had n't been seduced by a certain person ( whose name I shall not mention again since you dislike it so ) that would be that . ’ |
| 8 | it does n't matter because all of them are as it happens fairly er new and indeed as Kevin says quite correctly , dry because they have n't been used for a long time . |
| 9 | Fulfilling her needs wo n't settle his , he should n't be kept in a padded cell . |
| 10 | But it could n't be privatised without a large injection of public money . |
| 11 | " I wo n't be threatened by a young pup … " |
| 12 | I do n't see why Invermoriston or Loch Laggan ca n't be seen as a fixed address . |
| 13 | Do n't be swayed by a large selection of programmes — as every washing machine owner knows , most people use only a few . |
| 14 | Now they say he will be assessed by the same doctor who saw him last time , so I 'm very worried that he wo n't be sent to a secure unit as he should be |
| 15 | ‘ I 've told her he 's travelling between America and Mexico and ca n't be reached for a few days . |
| 16 | Er , which means I ca n't be fired without a great deal of hassle , er , but , I er , er , the kind of the down-side is I have to go to the office occasionally . |
| 17 | Just because Ben Nevis is a popular peak do n't be lulled into a false sense of security — it 's a peak worthy of respect and in snow and mist should only be tackled by experienced walkers . |
| 18 | Women and Beauty in April nineteen forty three wrote - there is a special kind of beauty preparation that ca n't be bought in a single shop in the world because you must make it yourself from spirit , heart and simple courage and you make it fresh each day . |
| 19 | Zoe would n't be going into a lonely house after the razzmatazz and bother and warmth of a normal family . |
| 20 | You 're seventeen years of age , ca n't be fighting with a twelve year old . |
| 21 | It will probably be priced not a mile above 1-2-3 , but it will do things that could n't be attempted with a traditional spreadsheet . ’ |
| 22 | The traditional wok ca n't be used on a ceramic hob because there 's not enough contact between the rounded base and hob to produce the high temperatures needed to stir-fry . |
| 23 | It began with Billy Bragg , who could n't be sold as a mad animal even if he grew horns and arrived onstage in a cage . |
| 24 | In one of the biggest about turns in city politics , six thousand council house tenants have been told that their rents wo n't after all be going up by forty five per cent , and their homes wo n't be sold to a private landlord . |
| 25 | It is a disappointment to him to see the way canoeing is marketed and perceived , particularly the view that people ca n't be coached after a certain level . |
| 26 | They would n't be left with a whole pile of stuff or er . |
| 27 | One word of warning , however , do n't be talked into a certain type of computer by your children . |
| 28 | Minor interests are interests in land that ca n't be entered on a registered title , but which are not overriding interests such as have just been described , for they can be overridden by the registered proprietor in any disposition for value . |
| 29 | The letter to the Philippians was n't being written by a warm fireside , nor was Paul basking in the Mediterranean sunshine when he dictated it . |