Example sentences of "n't [vb pp] [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | She lost him then and had to search and found him eventually curled up amid the wiring in the back of the record-player where he had n't hidden for a long time , not since two dark-haired people who were into black magic had come to dinner and he had disappeared for half a day until she found his secret hole . |
| 2 | Now that 's an English expression I have n't heard in a long time . |
| 3 | And I know so many songs that it would be fun to go out there and say , ‘ Hey , man , do you remember this one ? ’ or , ‘ Here 's one you have n't heard in a long time . ' ’ |
| 4 | Y'know it 's it 's one of these things that is n't confined to a particular region , is n't confined to a particular class or ethnic group or anything like that . |
| 5 | Y'know it 's it 's one of these things that is n't confined to a particular region , is n't confined to a particular class or ethnic group or anything like that . |
| 6 | The slot was n't occupied with a high speed video or IDE host adaptor , although Western Systems will offer a VL Bus video card in the near future . |
| 7 | " You do n't know what your talking about , " Katherine began , experiencing a deep burning rage that she had n't felt for a long time , a rage all the more intense because she knew she could do nothing about it . |
| 8 | Cos she has n't applied for a green card to work , cos there 's point |
| 9 | And the stacks were n't built around a central pole ? |
| 10 | If you and the father have n't decided on a Christian name you have just six weeks in which to do it . ’ |
| 11 | It is n't seen as a feminine quality , confidence ; girls are supposed to be quite demure . |
| 12 | Kate has a sensitivity and a gentleness in her face that we have n't seen for a long time . ’ |
| 13 | No , she actually just , I have n't seen for a long time so she can have one of these . |
| 14 | ‘ I have hit shots this week I have n't seen in a long time . |
| 15 | There was an expression on her face I had n't seen in a long time . |
| 16 | Ah , now this is the one I have n't done for a long time , now this is the one |
| 17 | Oh well if you have n't had chi or have n't done for a long time you enjoy them . |
| 18 | Have n't done for a long time . |
| 19 | on on erm one side of A four and it was obviously was n't written by a young man |
| 20 | He made himself a mixed grill , something he had n't had for a long time , and followed it with real coffee . |
| 21 | It 's the first time I 've actually , well cos I have n't sung for a long time . |
| 22 | Chances are Sharon , Tracy or Wayne were n't raised on a big country estate with Rupert , William , Sarah and Lucinda . |
| 23 | These er er orders today are n't based on a thorough inquiry er into how audits on the the financial institutions are conducted , what 's wrong with them , what goes wrong , not even a thorough er inquiry into what happened in the B C C I case , er we ca n't legislate , we ca n't legi or regulate I put it without er er er a thorough inquiry and yet here we have er orders brought in er without inquiry . |
| 24 | Post-punk criticism is still uneasy about music that is n't tied to a good intention or specific function , that is n't answerable to a community . |
| 25 | Of course it 's going to be evaded , and it will be quite hard work to get it enforced , but you ca n't avoid the things women have to fight for at work , you ca n't pull women out of work , out of the unions , just because housework is n't recognised by a direct wage . |
| 26 | Pragna Patel , also a member of SBS , says : ‘ Muslims are n't bound to a single identity given to them by Kalim Siddiqui and the Muslim Parliament . ’ |
| 27 | Birdie sometimes questioned the fairness of life , having spent overlong looking after an ailing mother and missing her chances with a very suitable man from Ballylee who married another , who was n't bound to an ailing parent . |
| 28 | But then she had n't packed with a hectic night-life in mind , had she ? |
| 29 | Professor John Garrow of the Department of Nutrition at St Bartholomew 's hospital in London , and Britain 's foremost authority on weight loss , estimates that around half the slim adult population were n't born with a magic inability to gain weight . |
| 30 | I noticed how happy people were , which was something I had n't known for a long time . |