Example sentences of "be n't [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now you also have to realize that the foreigners are n't like the ones you 've heard about either . |
| 2 | if it were n't for the games |
| 3 | Or I would be if it were n't for the circumstances . |
| 4 | ‘ If it were n't for the children , I would , ’ Ernest admitted . |
| 5 | They were on reserve , which meant that they were n't on the shelves but had to be ordered from the stock by a librarian . |
| 6 | Saviour Stuart said : ‘ We deserved a draw in the end , but in the first half we struggled and were n't at the races . |
| 7 | ‘ So where did you go if you were n't at the police station ? |
| 8 | Cos they were n't near the glasses . |
| 9 | FRINGE BENEFITS Colin Ward samples alternatives that were n't in the manifestos |
| 10 | One or two people said that you were n't in the Americans ' league . ‘ |
| 11 | They will conclude , as people on a South London council estate expressed it when they observed the middle-class congregation going into their local church each Sunday , ‘ That church is n't for the likes of us . ’ |
| 12 | An' 'e 'd say : ‘ Them books is n't for the likes o' you , Jack . |
| 13 | Marriage is n't on the cards . ’ |
| 14 | Hoping that by August next year , something 'll come of this photography and I can walk straight into a maybe go to a college or if that is n't on the cards , into some sort of a technical lab or something . |
| 15 | She would have had to leave her alone in the house , and Nelson Close is n't in the suburbs , is it ? ’ |
| 16 | So I have a list here now it is n't in the notes so you might just want to make a note of this . |
| 17 | It certainly is n't in the interests of this country to do to the mining industry what is being done . ’ |
| 18 | But it is n't in the fields though . |
| 19 | The roof-rack is n't behind the steps is it ? |
| 20 | It was n't worth the arguments with her husband , she 'd reasoned . |
| 21 | Why did you say go away when he was n't on the flowers ? |
| 22 | and it 's , no but here it 's only the holidays that really matter , if it was n't for the holidays I really would n't bother because here it really is so plotted out is n't it ? |
| 23 | yeah , completely , and erm and if it was n't for the holidays I 'd really think oh for God 's sake , bugger this , you know , I ca n't be bothered . |
| 24 | If it was n't for the boys practising with my golf club , I 'm sure it would have died . |
| 25 | And it was n't for the others ' safety . |
| 26 | I 'm sure if it was n't for the explosions close at hand he would have dropped off to sleep . |
| 27 | ‘ The public should be left in no doubt that if it was n't for the police patrol there would have been quite a few fatalities . |
| 28 | People would have lived happily if it was n't for the troubles instigated by the government and the Jewish Agency . ’ |
| 29 | He could have taken the isolation better if it was n't for the batteries in his radio dying on him without warning ; usually they faded over a couple of nights but this time it was just zonk , no signal . |
| 30 | If it was n't for the kids , I 'd probably be out there now doing something silly . |