Example sentences of "[no cls] [not/n't] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It 's not enormous but it 's perhaps er not the way people er were thinking .
2 you know where it is , you know er not the Water Dale
3 Oh no no no oh no that th er I that is not in er what I was talking about was the social values , er not the existence of the welfare state .
4 Er not the bridge the er the gates to the Embankment have you seen that ?
5 It may not be of safety but it maybe er not the sort of thing that we want .
6 I think the only difficulty is that bound not the Boundary Commission , the erm , Charities Commission who er , have very awkward rules about things , which er , they could still er , still try to resolve .
7 cos its not wro not the issue of it is it ?
8 Not tha not the job like that .
9 You 're gon na tr er , well no nothing else will fit in that page but no eno not the package that you use
10 Not as fa not the dancing but when she was working in an office you know they just needed to show her something once and she could pick it up .
11 You seen this Billy Graham ? 'Andsome ai n't the word .
12 Well , 'e ai n't the kind of bloke I want to remember .
13 well that ai n't the space .
14 He drinks it too quick Jonathan , as I said that ai n't the drink you should drink
15 ‘ Tonight just ai n't the night . ’
16 I think they were surprised when I threw up ; I hope they were , I hope they were surprised and very interested and thought , 'Ullo 'ullo 'ullo it was n't 'im then after all ; he ai n't the villain , he 's been fitted up so help me …
17 Well it ai n't the child 's fault .
18 I say no , that , that ai n't the problem
19 ‘ They ai n't the law . ’
20 Never has his favourite phrase sounded so dismally precise : My , my , ai n't the world strange .
21 ‘ If it ai n't the babby , and it ai n't Matthew , what else is troubling you ? ’
22 There ai n't the detail that there has been
23 I ai n't the sort to be taken for granted , and I sure as hell do n't want to be someone 's fancy woman . ’
24 sober he can do more than they do I mean i that ai n't the sort bloke you wan na lose , and I 'm , when he balls and shouts at them well he gets on your nerves really but at the end of the day I 'll you know , I 'll put up with it .
25 ‘ Well , it ai n't the end of the world , ducks .
26 But that still ai n't the point !
27 Whether it 's rightly deserved or not ai n't the point .
28 Monday , Tuesday , Wednesday , Thursday and not sure about Friday evening and er she said then she 'll have trouble getting the money over that 's out of them , why the redundancy because been there over two year , so I presume redundancy or holidays or both so Sue said to her well if they were so good to you in the past , but that ai n't the point is it ?
29 er , I 'll put a new switch on and wire , it ai n't the wire at all it 's the switch
30 Their taunts must have sickened her , so this ai n't the time to start mauling — even though I 've got a bulge in my pants like a bunch of bananas and I want to rip that nightdress of her and throw her on the bed .
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