Example sentences of "[not/n't] a [noun sg] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While he was away at the buffet , MacMinimum said quietly to John : ‘ For God 's sake , say not a word on railways . |
| 2 | This is not a treatise on geology , biology , or any other science . |
| 3 | That 's not a reflection on GMTV . |
| 4 | Not a man on board could guess how he had killed the others . |
| 5 | She was no great beauty — not a patch on Martha . |
| 6 | Not a patch on Peter . |
| 7 | Not a patch on Croft original |
| 8 | ‘ Not a patch on Riders , ’ was her reply . |
| 9 | Not a patch on Anthony Powell . |
| 10 | Faggots made today are not a patch on Mrs. Farrer 's . |
| 11 | Unfortunately , the comic capabilities of its two main characters , Doyle — the spoilt rich-kid ( Ethan Randall ) , and his mother 's latest bungling boyfriend — builder Dutch Dooley ( Ed O'Neill ) , are not a patch on John Candy and Steve Martin . |
| 12 | And there are places which have been , I mean , Neue-Caledonia is not a patch on Caledonia , because , you ca n't , it 's so difficult to track it down . |
| 13 | Not a patch on Mabel Peacock though . |
| 14 | The book of A Tree in Broooklyn ( ) bears strong resemblances to Carousel , which does it no favours whatsoever , as the Arthur Schwartz score is not a patch on Richard Rodger 's superb one . |
| 15 | Tom 's were broad , but not a patch on Cyril 's . |
| 16 | This is not a book on snakes in captivity : Chris prefers to bag his reptiles on film and allow them to glide away . |
| 17 | As this is not a book on careers in advertising , the best thing I can do to give you an idea of the sort of people you might conceivably find in an agency is to refer you to the books by Norman Hart and Felicity Taylor ( see page 232 ) which describe them all very comprehensively . |
| 18 | Well somebody had cleaned all sink cos sink were there were n't a mark on sink when I went today . |
| 19 | Florence was n't a patch on Bessie . |
| 20 | I catch a bit of radio while I 'm changing cassettes just north of Perth and hear something called I 'll Sleep When I 'm Dead by Bon Jovi which is n't a patch on Uncle Warren 's song of the same name and makes me more than reasonably annoyed . |
| 21 | And Dad would talk about the play and say how the writer was n't a patch on Chekhov . |