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

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1 Are n't the majority of fans being short-changed a little here ?
2 Well I would of thought so , although today it must be admitted that single people , do n't get offered one bedroom flats , but then in those days there was n't the shortage of accommodation that there is today
3 ‘ There is n't the depth of strength which you find in the best labs in the States or in Japan .
4 His mother was n't the daughter of Arthur Naulls but born of a summertime passion between a pretty servant and one of the greatest novelists of the twentieth century .
5 Captain McArthur said , ‘ Typewriters have n't the romance of Shopgirls .
6 Er would you not say that this has shifted the onus of responsibility very much on to the financial institutions , the banks and others who had dealings with Mr Maxwell , and is n't the judge in effect saying in your interpretation er of that , that these institutions er really have got to show they were whiter than white in their dealings and actually went in and investigated him thoroughly ?
7 It was n't the possibility of Louis learning of their presence in the town that was making her so nervous .
8 Almost apologetically Mr Humble explained he was n't the type of man to kick someone out of his home .
9 This was n't the type of conversation she particularly enjoyed .
10 no to the Railway Group but this particular Council it is n't the type of bits and say no to that .
11 It was n't the type of climb on which you wanted to be with a total beginner — Robin .
12 After all , a murderer and a rapist is n't the type of person anyone wants to get mixed up with … ’
13 And she was n't the type of person to have frills around her neck , for God 's sake !
14 And because this simply was n't the type of car that Vauxhall was supposed to make .
15 I gathered from Doone 's face that it was n't the type of answer he 'd expected , but he pulled out a notebook and wrote down the reply as given , checking that he 'd got it right .
16 It was n't the sight of Michael Banks falling that had set her off .
17 If Scudamore 's spirits are still strong , that was n't the case on Cheltenham Gold Cup day , when he was crushed by the defeat of Carvill 's Hill .
18 One thing to be grateful about from my point of view … that Yorkies are n't the size of Rottweilers !
19 ‘ Noisy Music ’ is n't the exercise in sirens and backfiring juggernauts the title suggests , but instead is an excellent slice of rare-groove instrumental dance music at a fast rap/slow house tempo .
20 Did n't the squad on Vadinamia fill you in ? ’
21 Does n't the sanctity of marriage mean anything to you ? ’ he roared .
22 In the ordinary course of events he would have said Len Forbister was n't the kind of man to associate with him .
23 She recalled his expression as he had accused her of knowing where Garry was , and she knew he was n't the kind of man to give up easily .
24 Luke Calder was n't the kind of man to let anyone thwart his plans and get away with it !
25 It was n't the kind of possibility she wanted to contemplate , she told herself firmly .
26 Golding is important as a myth-maker — a great formalist and myth-maker — but he is n't the kind of writer who responds to history very much .
27 He was one of these comparative anthropologists , he was n't the kind of anthropologist that goes out and lives with er , primitive people for several years , and then comes back and writes an account of them .
28 Well , 'e ai n't the kind of bloke I want to remember .
29 I mean , it was n't the kind of work RADA trained you for .
30 ‘ And in any case high principles are n't the kind of things one notices at a cocktail party — or perhaps only in a negative way , as when somebody drinks tomato juice rather than gin . ’
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