Example sentences of "n't [be] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The spinning streamers of fog trawled for sunlight that would n't be here for a while , and the snow had piled the purest of pillows at the foot of an ice-cliff . |
| 2 | well you can have the dog , but I wo n't be here for the week if you 're having a dog |
| 3 | Now , I 'll have to talk to your mums but it may well be that I sha n't be here in a fortnight 's time so we may |
| 4 | If you are consistent and timely in your application of time-out , it should n't be long before the word ‘ time-out ’ , in the form of a warning question ( plus a look or gesture ) , is sufficient to quell a defiant or aggressive action . |
| 5 | I knew it would take some time , so I asked my uncle to tell mother I would n't be home for a meal . |
| 6 | Knowing him , he 's shacked up with some old sort somewhere and wo n't be home till the morning ! ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Jack 's gone to the gallery , he wo n't be home till the evening ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Oh , she wo n't be home until the evening . |
| 9 | Well no , the results wo n't be in till the night Gordon . |
| 10 | The sceptics could n't be more off the mark . |
| 11 | The manager wo n't be there on a Whit Monday , only the men who are doing overtime . ’ |
| 12 | Well you wo n't be there on the day . |
| 13 | I 'd better set off , or I wo n't be there at the station and he 'll think I 'm not coming . |
| 14 | Mm daddy wo n't be out for a while though he 's watching Terminator |
| 15 | The expression on the faces of some of the nomes said that they definitely agreed with this point of view , and that among the people who should n't be out on a night like this was themselves . |
| 16 | There was no reason why this man should n't be out on the moor on a fine spring night , except that hardly anyone but Stephen ever was . |
| 17 | But if they 're in a real central position they ca n't be out in the country |
| 18 | They wo n't be back for a while . |
| 19 | Do n't worry , she wo n't be back for a while . ’ |
| 20 | He wo n't be back for a while . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ As Luke wo n't be back in the office until around three o'clock , and as the party 's at such short notice , I 'd better go and set the ball rolling . ’ |
| 22 | It would n't have been so bad if the two girls in the flat upstairs were at home , but they would n't be back until the end of the week . |
| 23 | I wo n't be back before the morning . ’ |
| 24 | He ca n't , he ca n't be actually at a wedding because |
| 25 | You came out here to whimper over the fact that you could n't be together in the way that you would like , only you made the unfortunate mistake of running into me instead . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Course the groupings would n't be anywhere near the house … ’ |