Example sentences of "'m [not/n't] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean I , I , I do n't drink a lot , I mean maybe after I 've been out in the hills you have got to drink something to replace the sweat , but I 'm not a great drinker and I do n't , I do n't smoke and I , I do n't like discos or anything like that |
| 2 | I 'm not certain , I 'm not a great expert on it , but erm , the situation seems to be , that after the First World War , the central power was Germany and Austria , were defeated . |
| 3 | I 'm not a great eater of |
| 4 | I 'm not a vegetarian now , but I 'm not a great meat eater either . |
| 5 | Erm if you have , if you envisage the sea this is the top , I 'm not a great artist as you can see but you , things er here 's my boat sailing on the top of the sea , well there 's laws related to that erm when does a boat , for example , enter territorial waters , come within your law . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm not a great shot , ’ she was saying , ‘ but I 'm getting better . |
| 7 | I 'm not a great rhythm player , I do n't look at myself as a great chops dude and arranging is definitely not my forte . |
| 8 | And I 'm not a great lover of weeding , cos |
| 9 | I 'm not a great fan , but I enjoyed the first one , The Tempest , enormously and the evening went in a flash . |
| 10 | ‘ And while I like using acoustic guitars , I 'm not a great fan of clean electric guitars , and most of the sounds on the new LP are really dirty . |
| 11 | I must admit , I 'm not a great fan of noise gates in general , but Carvin 's system seems to work better than most . |
| 12 | I 'm not a well woman , Douglas . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm not a fifth columnist , you know ! |
| 14 | ‘ What makes you think I 'm not a full-time career waitress ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm not a betting man , Miss Mackenzie , but if I were I 'd put my shirt on your being able to do just that . |
| 16 | I 'm not a dull chap … |
| 17 | But I hope I 'm not a typical colonel 's lady ! |
| 18 | I 'm not a bloody American , you know — rushing to a shrink is not my idea of a hobby or a good day out . |
| 19 | I 'm not a legal man myself , but there has to be some charge the law can bring . |
| 20 | And I just shut it off , I said I ca n't take any more , and I 'm not a teenager , I 'm not a young mum . |
| 21 | The tables are taken — the floral arrangements are ordered — there 's four hundred kosher poussins sitting in the freezer — you ca n't — it 'll kill me — I 'm not a young woman ! ’ |
| 22 | something but I 'm not a small person . |
| 23 | and I look quite slim because I 'm not a small person . |
| 24 | I 'm not a good speaker so I 'm not going to bore you by making a long speech . |
| 25 | I 'm not a good runner , I 'm not a fast runner , I just like to get to the finish if I can . ’ |
| 26 | I 'm not a good man . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm not a good man at names . |
| 28 | When will I , will I be famous , I 'm not a good guy any more |
| 29 | I collapsed into the front seat — I 'm not a good backseat driver — and tried to harness my heartbeat . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm not a narrow man , ’ he concluded , ‘ whatever you might think . |