Example sentences of "not a [noun sg] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we examine an inner state/behavioural model possibly opposed to that of shy and fearful , namely brave , we find that this is not a characteristic the Chewong associate with themselves . |
| 2 | He has a hang-up — not a dick the size of a pin , not even a fetish for sharing his bed with woolly four-legged animals . |
| 3 | It 's not a message the food industry is enthusiastic about . |
| 4 | That 's not a hair the axeman says |
| 5 | ‘ T is not a gift the Countess possesses . ’ |
| 6 | There 's not a lot the act can do in terms for example of prosecuting people who use deception , it may just be possible I 've been advised , but it 's extremely difficult from an evidential and other point of view to do that . |
| 7 | Yet it was n't a talent the school as an institution particularly nurtured . |
| 8 | It ai n't a palace the guy lives in , though it would suit some people . |
| 9 | There was n't a lot the captain could say without jeopardizing her standing so she just nodded once and switched off . |