Example sentences of "n't a [noun] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't a peck on the cheek , it was a rough , deep kiss . |
| 2 | There are n't a quarter of the members there are supposed to be . |
| 3 | There was n't a hope in the hospital . |
| 4 | The boy did not go to school ; there was n't a school on the island , but his mother taught him to read and write and encouraged him to draw and paint pictures , she also recited poetry to him and sang to him when he was little … . ’ |
| 5 | But where there is n't a branch near a Tesco 's how can we make sure that the collections are still carried out ? |
| 6 | It was n't a case of a lorry-load of new stuff — all rubber and zips and suspender belts — turning up one day . |
| 7 | And that is why we are so confident IBM — at least at the high levels where policy is made — has n't a clue about the nature of the large systems customers on which it depends for a considerable portion of its revenue and , we believe , more than half its gross profit . |
| 8 | ‘ He really knows his Oxford ! ’ he thought we thought , while every enthusiastic word and expansive gesture in fact revealed that the poor bugger had n't a clue about the place . |
| 9 | I have n't a clue about the layout of this house , so you 're going to have to point me in the right direction ! ’ |
| 10 | ( There is n't a clock on the mantelpiece . |
| 11 | ( There is n't a clock on the mantelpiece . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's an extraordinary step , ’ Bloxham continued , ‘ calling anyone who is n't a member to a meeting . |
| 13 | If you select a company which is n't a member of the BSIA or NACoSS , you wo n't have an independent body to support you in any claim you may wish to make . |
| 14 | Imagination Air Travel is n't a member of the Association of British Travel Agents . |
| 15 | Erm I do n't think I have been down to that I think I 've sh erm wired the whole damn out of my mind because er it 's a long time since I heard such garbage in this chamber , it 's fortunate for us Chairman that Mr is n't a member of the Environment Committee because if that 's the kind of contribution that he 's prepared to make on these occasions we would could well do without it . |
| 16 | Picking up on ‘ The Real Share Issue ’ and ‘ The Poor have n't a Share in the World ’ we may be able to give the whole campaign a title and see each unit as ‘ A Share for the Poor ’ . |
| 17 | Finally , a reminder about circular knitting given in figure 2 will only work so long as there is n't a punchcard in the card reader . |
| 18 | This booklet is n't a blueprint for a policy , but a guide . |
| 19 | ‘ There is n't a problem between a hairdresser and his client as long as the hairdresser can listen , understand and interpret what the client is saying . |
| 20 | Whilst you can spend many a happy hour with a regular 12-string guitar plucking one string while turning the wrong key , since they all look identical , this is n't a problem on the Hamer . |
| 21 | You know it , but on the evidence against you there is n't a jury in the world that 's going to believe you . ’ |
| 22 | I had n't a friend in the room . |
| 23 | I mean we we have more than done what was supposed to be to start with to see that it was n't a drain on the parish . |
| 24 | ‘ To get 8,000 people here was fantastic — there was n't a person in the street at 2pm , we were sold out and everyone was in the ground . ’ |
| 25 | It is n't a question of the Director working it out for the Designer . |
| 26 | ‘ It is n't a question of the Designer working it out for the Director . |
| 27 | There 's a stigma attached to the stay-at-home mum , as if she has n't a brain between the ears ! |
| 28 | There was n't a girl in the village he could n't … but when he thought about it , there was nothing in his statement , so far as he could remember , that said anything about … |
| 29 | " Lucky it was n't a male in the breeding season ! " |
| 30 | After all , for most of us , a holiday just is n't a holiday without a bout of prickly heat . |