Example sentences of "n't a [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " 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 Her face flamed and she glared at him , wondering if there was n't a grain of truth in what he said .
4 That 's why in Man in Shower in Beverly Hills ( 1964 ) , there is n't a bar of soap in sight .
5 ‘ Archaos ’ was n't a flop in relation to the performances they gave .
6 ‘ And I can assure you there is n't a hope in hell of getting access .
7 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 ?
8 Erm that is n't a constraint to consideration of new settlement sites in the A sixty four corridor .
9 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 .
10 ‘ 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 .
11 I have n't a chance in hell .
12 She had no idea why Ana was blind , and there was n't a feature in sight .
13 THERE WAS N'T A CLERK IN SIGHT .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 Said I obviously had n't a clue about pruning . ’
17 I need to do a CV for tomorrow and basically have n't a clue about structure or content .
18 Casino boss Peter Welter said : ‘ He had n't a clue about gambling , but he had enormous luck . ’
19 No , it is n't a home for fat , elderly over-the-hill musos , but a record label called simply robsrecords .
20 It 's plann i Planning is now policy led yes , but but but er planning is n't a slave to policy .
21 Maybe we thought they had n't a cat in hell 's , or in Coundon 's .
22 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 .
23 Not that he was n't a marvel with machinery , a real wizard — aye , he was still that .
24 She was quite capable of going to the police and making accusations which , since she had n't a shred of evidence , could only lead to trouble .
25 ‘ But I can tell you this , Ranulf , even though I have n't a shred of evidence , I believe the deaths of those two young people have something to do with the murder of Lady Eleanor Belmont . ’
26 There was n't a shred of self-pity there .
27 Her sufferings were enough to fill a few episodes of the soap and showed that career success is n't a guarantee of happiness .
28 I ai n't a thief by nature .
29 ‘ Yes , but that is n't a law of nature , Mr Wycliffe ; it is sometimes the result of manipulation .
30 Which is n't a problem for Pool .
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