Example sentences of "n't a [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well somebody had cleaned all sink cos sink were there were n't a mark on sink when I went today . |
| 2 | ‘ I guess this Turhan Bey is n't a God of Peace , Forgiveness and Harmony then ? ’ |
| 3 | Linda , going out to the landing , called down , ‘ Yes , I 'm up 'ere , Mum , but I ai n't a worry to Sergeant Joe . ’ |
| 4 | Her face flamed and she glared at him , wondering if there was n't a grain of truth in what he said . |
| 5 | That 's why in Man in Shower in Beverly Hills ( 1964 ) , there is n't a bar of soap in sight . |
| 6 | ‘ Archaos ’ was n't a flop in relation to the performances they gave . |
| 7 | ‘ And I can assure you there is n't a hope in hell of getting access . |
| 8 | and they absconded it , and the dog has n't a hope in hell and also the ones you get for the kids , when you sit in them they sit up like little chairs do n't they ? |
| 9 | Erm that is n't a constraint to consideration of new settlement sites in the A sixty four corridor . |
| 10 | This is n't a deficit in response inhibition as such because the animals never develop a history of being reinforced in one arm of the maze in preference to any other . |
| 11 | ‘ There was n't a ha'porth of prejudice in him — except that the Welsh were marvellous and especially the Welsh-speaking Welsh and most particularly those from Pontrhydyfen and most of all the Jenkins family . |
| 12 | I have n't a chance in hell . |
| 13 | That was n't a feature of funerals in Baldersdale and our family never had flowers , not even for Mother . |
| 14 | She had no idea why Ana was blind , and there was n't a feature in sight . |
| 15 | THERE WAS N'T A CLERK IN SIGHT . |
| 16 | There was n't a tree in sight , but nearer the cliff edge she could make out carpets of thrift and sea-campion , and yearned to explore . |
| 17 | This is n't a case of writers bleating because their own books wo n't be available ; we all spent hours in libraries learning our trade , the only way to learn to write is to how it 's done by other people be it well or badly |
| 18 | And Ballymoney college chiefs say it is n't a case of horses for courses . |
| 19 | I 've just spent six months in Cottonvale and I mean its degrading , I mean cos your locked up in a cell from eight o'clock at night till six o'clock in the morning and your not got any toilet facilities you 've got to use a potty if you want to go to the toilet and it is degrading , I mean there 's people in there , well I was a first offender the first time I was in , but I mean there 's people in there seventeen year old that have n't a clue about life in general and it is degrading for them . |
| 20 | Said I obviously had n't a clue about pruning . ’ |
| 21 | I need to do a CV for tomorrow and basically have n't a clue about structure or content . |
| 22 | Casino boss Peter Welter said : ‘ He had n't a clue about gambling , but he had enormous luck . ’ |
| 23 | On the other hand it would save us driving 30-odd extra kilometres in the rain , and anyway I said if we get there and there is n't a ferry for hours we can just carry on to Calais . |
| 24 | No , it is n't a home for fat , elderly over-the-hill musos , but a record label called simply robsrecords . |
| 25 | It 's plann i Planning is now policy led yes , but but but er planning is n't a slave to policy . |
| 26 | Maybe we thought they had n't a cat in hell 's , or in Coundon 's . |
| 27 | I do n't , there is n't a Co-ordinator for prisoners as such is there ? |
| 28 | ‘ It was n't a subject to Plato , ’ said Barfield , ‘ it was a way . |
| 29 | Redpath had acted at once on the very slenderest of chances — apart from the date , and the fact that Stavanger was missing , there was n't a scrap of evidence to link him with the body found on the Thames foreshore at low tide . |
| 30 | Not that he was n't a marvel with machinery , a real wizard — aye , he was still that . |