Example sentences of "be [not/n't] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not one for the bright lights . |
| 2 | I 'm not someone with the gift of the gab , though , and I do n't have that sort of charm . |
| 3 | Right , things are on hold though with assessments are n't they at the moment , cos they |
| 4 | Aye , cos they 're quite high are n't they at the back , them Fords ai n't they ? |
| 5 | ‘ Why are n't we with the rest of the craft ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Why are n't we on the train ? ’ |
| 7 | are n't we at the moment ? |
| 8 | Why are n't you at the Wharfmaster 's office ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ Why are n't you at the Brooksby plant ? ’ she demanded to know . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ Are n't you on the council-house waiting list then ? ’ |
| 13 | 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 ? |
| 14 | 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 ? |
| 15 | ‘ But … are n't you from the Ex-Prisoners ’ Assistance ? |
| 16 | Jack said to me , ‘ Are n't you in the Bobby Burns Club ? ’ |
| 17 | They were not themselves in the dock . |
| 18 | What about Liverpool the other night , they were lucky were n't they in the |
| 19 | 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 . ’ |
| 20 | Were n't you at the village concert ? " |
| 21 | ‘ Why were n't you in the corridor with the door open , waiting ? ’ he asked . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Imaginative teaching is not what in the end matters — it is developing in pupils their capacity for imagination that counts . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | If the terms are such as to leave the seller free , if he should wish to do so , to obtain more wine of the same description for delivery to the buyer , then the contract goods have not been identified and agreed upon at the date of the contract and the contract is not one for the sale of specific goods , Re London Wine Co . |
| 27 | The battle , he wrote , ‘ is not one for the future but is on NOW … |
| 28 | Is not it beyond the realms of possibility that the Secretary of State and railway management have got it wrong on this occasion ? |
| 29 | That 's not me by the way in case you thought I was phoning myself it 's not me . |
| 30 | investigates something , and there 's half a dozen people in the group to give their opinion , it 's not what worth the paper it 's printed on . |