Example sentences of "'re not [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're not tied to a nine-to-five , that 's for sure . |
| 2 | We 're not dealing with a thousand items , we 're dealing with four hundred and fifty thousand items , and for anyone to go and collect that information on a larger scale , even sampling it would have been almost unthinkable . |
| 3 | We 're not dealing with a thousand items , we 're dealing with four hundred and fifty thousand items , and for anyone to go and collect that information on a larger scale even sampling it would have been almost unthinkable . |
| 4 | No , they 're not made for a tall man er , you know my |
| 5 | They walked in silence for a short distance before he asked casually , ‘ You 're not gripped by a mad urge to rip up a few ferns ? ’ |
| 6 | No , we 're not looking at a new wonder drug , you know , the type that you swallow with a glass of water . |
| 7 | Even if you 're not parked on a yellow line , the police can imagine you 're travelling at forty when you 're just doing thirty and so on . |
| 8 | We 're not talking about a major business park for Greater York . |
| 9 | You 're not talking about a few thousand pounds but millions , millions I shall be borrowing from various banking concerns who are willing to lend that money on the strength of my reputation . |