Example sentences of "n't [noun] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 This week , in yet another head-to-head about the threatened Wensleydale railway , he sought assurances from BR that their apparent reluctance to allow charter excursions on the line is n't part of a closure strategy or ‘ stitching the line up ’ , as local campaigner Stan Abbott vividly puts it .
2 You ca n't rubble at a line .
3 are you sure it was n't Chris as a baby ?
4 There just was n't time for a school visit .
5 She had n't time for a fight .
6 ‘ There is n't time for a debate .
7 You do n't chop off a man 's arms while he 's sitting there watching you . ’
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