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

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1 Point , they ca n't be under the affluence when they sign the consent form or .
2 It , that would n't be outside the scale fee .
3 Erm , I hope I have n't disturbed you , but I wo n't be on the phone long .
4 disturbed you but I wo n't be on the phone long cos I er , my name is Bill and I work with a firm called for Windows .
5 ‘ For the first three weeks or so , I wo n't be on The Word much , ’ Mark explains , casually kicking his feet up on to his agent 's gleaming mahogany desk .
6 No , I would n't be on the committee , no , cos I could never guarantee he 'll be home .
7 This is ridiculous this , this should n't be on the road .
8 There are some people who really should n't be on the panel because they really do n't know enough about the job .
9 As we said , we would n't be on the picket line now , and indeed the Union would not be backing us in what is proving to be a long and fairly expensive dispute , if we did n't believe that we had a very good chance of getting our jobs back and re-establishing the Union in Pergammon Press .
10 ca n't go wrong is that the th the thing in you put in the computer wo n't go off wo n't go off and wo n't be on the computing see what I 'm saying ?
11 He wo n't be on the stage all the time , he said , his will be just a little spot .
12 Er but do n't I mean I 'm not the fact that erm some topics have a bigger number than others and others have only got one does n't mean they wo n't be on the paper Now , there will be some of you who will do spot revision .
13 " Was there any reason to suppose that old Mr. Lorrimer would n't be at the cottage yesterday ? "
14 Unlike other fuels you wo n't be at the mercy of the volatile world energy market either .
15 But no , that did n't make sense , otherwise he would n't be at the hotel
16 Talk of segregation — you will sit with the men all right , you will sit round a table with them talking examination papers , you wo n't be at the table when the decanter goes round .
17 they just would n't be at the sort of burial side graveyard
18 It wo n't be at the end it 'll be in probably the middle somewhere .
19 ‘ It 's a shame Vitor 's girlfriend , Celeste , wo n't be at the track today because then you could have sat with her , ’ Simon remarked .
20 I do n't know how well we will do it , but it wo n't be for the want of trying . ’
21 It ca n't be for the money .
22 And it wo n't be for the whole of a c of a company 's range , it 'll just be for one specific product at a time .
23 You ca n't be for the audition , said Malcolm .
24 We are to have larger leagues next season and in the long run that ca n't be for the good of the game in Wales .
25 ‘ But it wo n't be for the reason you think . ’
26 If Dreadnought went on sinking at the present rate , in ten minutes the hole would n't be above the waterline , but below .
27 Well the proposals in the Good Report as I said for final salary schemes is that a third of the trustees should be elected from he actually says from the active members er we know and comments that in great length a about the difficulties that it would be to er actually er elect er er members who are pensioners or from the deferreds Er I find that er somewhat simplistic view point in that er er the pensioners at least get communications from the administrators of the scheme every month , they get a monthly cheque , so it sh should n't be beyond the wit of man to be able to er be able to contact the pensioners and organise pensioner meetings but pensioner trustees to be elected .
28 Keith Skeoch , chief economist at stockbroker James Capel , said : ‘ Whatever he puts forward now in the way of economic policy wo n't be worth the paper it 's written on . ’
29 There are too many concepts and procedures to learn , and for simpler applications , if probably wo n't be worth the effort .
30 I went there then he wo n't be with the church I went to scramblers .
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