Example sentences of "n't [pron] [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Oh but this is n't my bit of cheese in |
2 | ‘ That is n't my purpose at present . ’ |
3 | Nowadays I ca n't bear anything to do with football , kicking an air-filled pig 's bladder up and down a muddy pitch ai n't my idea of fun . |
4 | Floating down such a treacherous waterway in a barrel is n't my idea of fun , especially when it 's full of watersnakes , ducks , cannon-wielding dragons and all manner of flotsam and jetsam conspiring to sink his fragile craft . |
5 | Stuck behind a desk all day is n't my idea of fun , Sergei . ’ |
6 | Having a vehicle break down and then struggling a mile down that pot-holed strip of mud you call a road is n't my idea of fun , I can tell you ! ’ |
7 | What happen was we was standing this jeweller 's , well really we 'd been there , she half the stuff for me and er other people and that , but erm , were standing there for ages , and she come , I 'm , I 'm sort of standing there like this up against the counter waiting to be served , suppose to be coming back right , stood right on the foot , it hurt , but I thought ok it 's a busy shop he wo n't so I 'd turned around , sort of he was there , so I sort of went to him like that and he was looked at me and fucking looked back , so I said are you gon na apologise then , getting right fucking pissed off cos I about three o'clock that day , hang over and being dragged up and down the town all fucking day ai n't my idea of fun you know , ri right in a bad mood anyway , and he said no in a real fucking why do n't you try and make me sort of attitude , so I 'm just about to fucking say something to me , like , how out the shop and everything , and she said what 's the fuck , what 's the matter with you then ? |
8 | Subjecting my stretchmarks to international scrutiny is n't my idea of relaxation . |
9 | It still was n't my kind of body , but dressed like that it looked quite different , a gym teacher 's body , supple , firm and fit . |
10 | ‘ It ai n't my kind of book , it ai n't even a proper book . ’ |
11 | Tip just was n't my kind of dog at all . |
12 | I called Uulaa my home , but of course it is n't my planet of origin — or anyone else 's . |
13 | ‘ He was n't my sort of actor , ’ he told me , ‘ I do n't want to say more . ’ |
14 | ‘ You know that I know that was n't my piece of stuff . |
15 | It was interesting first time out , but after a couple of them I realised it was n't my cup of tea . ’ |
16 | She was prepared — was n't her armour in place , intact ? |
17 | She had joined the course at her parents ' insistence and while it was n't her idea of fun at the time it seemed a better alternative than being behind a typewriter . |
18 | They were n't her sort of clothes , she kept telling herself . |
19 | She 'd always known that it was n't her sort of outfit ! |
20 | And it still is n't their scale of operation ; they 'd do it big or not at all . ’ |
21 | I 'm not too worried about it because erm a , a lot of people natural accents , regional accents and that so others come over as quite monotone do n't they sort of thing . |
22 | Living as he did high above the Thames on the fringe of the city , this was n't his part of London . |
23 | Has n't his search for Maastricht supporters resembled Indiana 's quest for the Grail ? |
24 | It was n't his line of country at all . |
25 | Pete 's theory that pop music is just three minutes of disposable plastic makes a refreshing change from the self-inflated rubbish so many musicians are wont to spout , but is n't his view of music as a commercial product utterly cynical ? |
26 | It must really be business that had brought Bunny here as it was n't his sort of pub . |
27 | I know it was n't his fault with lamb yesterday cos he did n't get his quota on . |
28 | ’ Only that someone said is n't it luck for Gharr that he could just about pass as an Ardakkean if he dyed his hair … ’ |
29 | It had n't What kind of things had been in the past ? |
30 | Because you do n't what sort of title . |