Example sentences of "be not [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 I am not one for the bright lights .
2 I 'm not one for a lot of late nights because I have to be on form and looking good for work .
3 I 'm not someone with the gift of the gab , though , and I do n't have that sort of charm .
4 I think , oh I think the holes are a bit big are n't they for a dormouse ?
5 Right , things are on hold though with assessments are n't they at the moment , cos they
6 Aye , cos they 're quite high are n't they at the back , them Fords ai n't they ?
7 ‘ Why are n't we with the rest of the craft ? ’
8 ‘ Why are n't we on the train ? ’
9 are n't we at the moment ?
10 Why are n't you at the Wharfmaster 's office ? ’
11 ‘ Why — why are n't you at the party ? ’ she asked tremulously , her thought processes shattered by shock , as she registered the formal pale grey suit he was wearing , the immaculate white shirt and grey and maroon tie .
12 ‘ Why are n't you at the Brooksby plant ? ’ she demanded to know .
13 we 're talking about three six are n't you at the end of the day that 's what they 're trying to apply for .
14 well are n't you on a waiting list ?
15 Are n't you on the council-house waiting list then ? ’
16 I doubt Mr can be included in that because he 's on the A C C , are n't you on the A C C committee for this ?
17 Erm then for of our administration well Celia really you should report Well you are saying it later on in your report are n't you about the administration skills course ?
18 ‘ But … are n't you from the Ex-Prisoners ’ Assistance ?
19 Jack said to me , ‘ Are n't you in the Bobby Burns Club ? ’
20 They were not themselves in the dock .
21 Masha : ‘ Were n't they on a ski lift , rushing across pine trees ? ’
22 And if they were horses , why were n't they in a barn or something ?
23 What about Liverpool the other night , they were lucky were n't they in the
24 Probably a British businessman with enough money to go romping off to America on some tax-deductible crusade — heavens you were n't anybody in the Sixties if you could n't to that twice a year . ’
25 Were n't you at the village concert ? "
26 ‘ Why were n't you in the corridor with the door open , waiting ? ’ he asked .
27 Picture Post was in no doubt about their justification : ‘ Our plan for a new Britain is not something outside the war , or something after the war .
28 The prayer of Jesus from the heart of the suffering world is not something in the mind , it is his accepted bodily agony and it is by being given the grace to accept our material weakness and pain and finally our death in union with him that we too can pray .
29 Imaginative teaching is not what in the end matters — it is developing in pupils their capacity for imagination that counts .
30 The appropriateness of the comments is not one for the committee since the committee has no responsibility for the judges , their selection or their comments .
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