Example sentences of "[not/n't] [noun] 's [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it was certainly not Pflimlin 's understanding that his meeting with de Gaulle had begun the process of forming a new government . |
| 2 | Paul Heaton and friends are definitely not Hull 's answer to Deacon Blue ; more they question why Deacon Blue even exist . |
| 3 | It was not Temple 's oratory which persuaded him , for he thought it ‘ rather rotund ’ . |
| 4 | It was not Manvell 's displeasure that worried him , but Jane 's anger . |
| 5 | Pierre 's hands are there and what they want to do , and the storm , but not Maria 's jealousy . |
| 6 | Nowhere more so than in the rape scene itself , which , in marked contrast to the humiliation of Lipstick , makes the men the object of spectacle , focusing on their behaviour , not Sarah 's suffering . |
| 7 | In fact , however , this is not Hobbes 's view . |
| 8 | The suggestion ( impossible to prove ) that Hilary was not Gerald 's son but Walter 's . |
| 9 | ‘ Not Perdita 's problem , ’ said Daisy . |
| 10 | It is not Nizan 's allegiance to communism which must be interpreted in the light of his resignation from the party . |
| 11 | This , after all , was not Ewan 's body . |
| 12 | ‘ Solving problems , however was not Highlander 's purpose , its purpose to ‘ help people learn to solve their problems in their own way , ’ and in its life since then Highlander has always worked with the under-privileged , exploited , relatively powerless communities which have approached it for assistance . |
| 13 | I 'm not David 's dinner , because I might pop up to . |
| 14 | ‘ You 're not Dana 's keeper . |
| 15 | Well , this is not Darwin 's theory of course , and today , we know erm , that this is in fact total nonsense . |
| 16 | She sat in the flat in the silence that was not Ruth 's silence . |
| 17 | It was the ‘ liberal socialism ’ espoused by Hobson , not Lenin 's Marxism , that played the dominant part in British peace politics well into the inter-war years . |
| 18 | ‘ That 's not Jekyll 's voice ! ’ shouted Mr Utterson . |
| 19 | That was not boy 's cake ! |
| 20 | The King , ’ she added thoughtfully , almost to herself , ‘ could have forced her but that was not Alexander 's way . |
| 21 | This is not Norma 's fault , she 's probably quite a nice dear who never wanted the fame , never wanted a prime minister for a husband , just wanted to get on with the washing up back in Huntingdon . |
| 22 | A dash of wry cynicism might have helped another woman , but that was not Franca 's way . |
| 23 | I can not tell whether the phone has stopped ringing or not ; at some point I think I hear a ring louder than all other rings , and a voice , not Maggie 's voice , but another voice , a woman 's voice , a slow Scottish accent , asking and begging for Crilly . |
| 24 | It was not Hugh 's face but that of Fenton Marshall . |
| 25 | They 're not Sainsbury 's bon bons . |
| 26 | This is not Quine 's conclusion . |
| 27 | True , she was not Warren 's courtesan , but what of Benedict ? |
| 28 | It was not Ramsay 's place to rebuke them , and Sir Archibald did not do so — for in the circumstances it looked as though no harm was done . |
| 29 | ‘ No reason you should — you 're not Roman 's type , are you , Claudia ? |
| 30 | It is not wholly surprising , and is certainly not W. 's fault , that she remained in the grip of the disease , gradually losing weight or that on one occasion she used violence towards a member of the staff in circumstances which led to the police being called . |