Example sentences of "[be] n't [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are n't VL Bus compliant , so they 're proprietary and prone to be early orphans . |
| 2 | Do you want a fire retardant one or just in interestingly enough , the ones that have got price offers on them are n't fire retardant . |
| 3 | Stealers were n't Chaos spawn . |
| 4 | The people here thought that if your wrists were n't tennis racket handle-width on your sixth birthday then you were called a ‘ fat ’ and transferred into the ‘ right ’ . |
| 5 | They were n't air crew , for God 's sake , they did n't join up to fly . |
| 6 | Those bundles of notes were n't fairy gold , or even Monopoly money . |
| 7 | stew you know like it is a beef ah , but it were n't mince meat , but it were n't stew . |
| 8 | All the girls I used were n't bimbo model types — they were people in their own right . |
| 9 | Well they were n't York stone then were they ? |
| 10 | No Sat you used to work Fridays and I used to go out , no it were n't Saturday night |
| 11 | " That is n't shore mud . " |
| 12 | ‘ Not on a Sunday it is n't breakfast time . |
| 13 | Now while we 're on this point about what exactly am I entitled to , erm we ought to say a word about credit notes cos there are a lot of shops who say well erm you know it is it is n't company policy to , it is n't our policy to offer refunds , but we 're quite happy to offer you a credit note . |
| 14 | That is n't income support , that 's another benefit that they claim from the Local Authority . |
| 15 | But the fact of the matter is that that is n't Government policy . |
| 16 | Boycott simply is n't England material , old man . ’ |
| 17 | Why is n't Gary Speed English that 's what I wan na know ? |
| 18 | Is n't Mercy Newbegin awful ? |
| 19 | It 's not because there is n't class war in Britain , there 's obviously a very great deal of class war , but it 's a kind of cold class war which does n't erupt into the violences which have characterised French , Italian , Russian , Balkan , Spanish politics . |
| 20 | Okay , health conscience , not , it is n't health conscience people , it 's health conscious people |
| 21 | ‘ Is n't Ricky kind of old to play Florizel ? ’ asked Luke . |
| 22 | I 'm quite sure that material is n't fire retardant . |
| 23 | It is n't boyfriend trouble , is it ? |
| 24 | Atwood says her novel is n't science fiction , though it clearly is . |
| 25 | Erm the new settlement is n't r demand is there . |
| 26 | It is n't means testing generates the poverty trap , it is the benefits that generates the poverty trap . |
| 27 | Ciccolini tends to adopt slow tempos here — too slow , I feel , in the initial étude ‘ for the five fingers ’ , and in those for fourths octaves ( not emporté here ) , and chords , and much too deliberate in the one ‘ for the eight fingers ’ which is n't molto leggiero e legato . |
| 28 | That 's not to say there was n't child abuse now , I I have my own thoughts and in my own feelings feel that there could have been some child abuse especially ch sexual abuse . |
| 29 | It was n't brandy bravado that spoke . |
| 30 | It was n't prawn cocktail . |