Example sentences of "'re not [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 're not on the rota for cooking . ’ |
| 2 | We 're not on the air are we ? |
| 3 | No no no we 're not on the air . |
| 4 | ‘ No , we 're not on the phone , ’ Peter said . |
| 5 | We 're not on the river , we 're not in the gym , we 're in a big old family house in London , because this is where Oxford 's runaway success is planned and carefully prepared year after year . |
| 6 | Well I thought the English one was so they 'll come as a massive shock because they 're not on the calendar cards , but no , I do n't . |
| 7 | ‘ You 're not on the list ’ — who cares , pay up and enjoy yourself |
| 8 | If they 're not on the corner , it-s likely the boys there will know where you can find them . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , you 're not on the shelf yet , even if you are a librarian . |
| 10 | ‘ We 're not on the roof , by any chance ? ’ |
| 11 | I do n't know you , so I 'm certain you 're not with the Department ; in their parlance , you 're a stranger . |
| 12 | you know , if you do n't li if you 're not into the music or into dancing then |
| 13 | Do whatever you like , I 'm not saying go out and buy War and Peace , because you know , if you do n't , if you 're not into the habit of reading , you pick up War and Peace , and by the time you get through the first page , you say who are all these people ? |
| 14 | But you ca n't tell that from here , we 're not , we 're not , we 're not into the acceleration yet . |
| 15 | The cam lever goes to C. The side levers position themselves — they 're not under the knitter 's control . |
| 16 | There are a number of , sort of a dictionary of useful phrases , I mean you actually used one or two just now , and one of the things that we suggest is that people when they 're not under the pressure of being in the studio , which after all for them is alien territory , that they should actually have one or two of these useful phrases which do cover a , a multitude of embarrassing situations , if you want to put it that away . |
| 17 | Yeah , cos we 're not to the end of Feb yet are we ? |
| 18 | ‘ We 're not at the apartment , ’ she reminded him , bitter mockery curving her mouth . |
| 19 | because education changes their social standing , takes them off the street and then they 're not at the level that they were , young adults , they 're children again |
| 20 | Eleven million erm , but they 're some way down the track , they 're not at the top of the hierarchy |
| 21 | ‘ They 're not at the road . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ But we 're not at the table , ’ Matilda said . |
| 23 | From our point of view we 're not in the position and it would be totally wrong of us actually to try in public to deal with those or to come to a specific conclusion about any particular proposal . |
| 24 | We are one of the biggest clubs in the country , the second best supported at home and I 'm afraid that this season I 've become very disappointed with some of the players and management decisions — I think we deserve better and while we 're not in the position of say Swindon something needs to be done if ( and I 've ussed this line before ) we 're not to become perenial mid table finishers . |
| 25 | We are one of the biggest clubs in the country , the second best supported at home and I 'm afraid that this season I 've become very disappointed with some of the players and management decisions — I think we deserve better and while we 're not in the position of say Swindon something needs to be done if ( and I 've ussed this line before ) we 're not to become perenial mid table finishers . |
| 26 | Yes , I mean we 're not in the position to do what some of the , certainly I know some of the banks do , which is to guarantee a job after five years , let people have five years , you know , the maternity leave plus a guaranteed job at the end of another four when the kids start school , on the proviso that you can call them in if you need them within that period , for a bit of extra help . |
| 27 | Yeah but you 're not in the middle ! |
| 28 | You 're not in the middle ! |
| 29 | we 're not in the middle |
| 30 | ‘ Never , though he did say his local picture house was the Pavilion and I know his mother took her loaves to be baked at a place called Jimmy McFadden 's bakery , but they 're not in the phone book , either of them . |