Example sentences of "n't what you [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was n't what you might think . |
| 2 | K. M. Bribes were n't what you might call rife . |
| 3 | She was n't what you might call strict either , but she knew it would n't be right , that their last chance was to hold on until they were married , so that , however mean and poor it was , their marriage would have that at least to make it special . |
| 4 | But at that time it was n't what you 'd call modern in so far as you had n't got hot water from a sort of gas fir Electric heating . |
| 5 | But there was n't what you 'd call an organized sports group . |
| 6 | I mean the bottles were n't what you 'd call dirty , from having contained medicine or anything like that . |
| 7 | Jonathan was n't what you 'd call a warm man but he was n't a monk either . |
| 8 | Maybe the life we lead is n't what you 'd call exciting , but we care about each other and that 's what counts . ’ |
| 9 | Man Freitag PETER Freitag is n't what you 'd call a loser , of course , simply an habitual bronze medallist . |
| 10 | And my family were n't what you 'd term rich , ’ he added in another of his vast whispers . |
| 11 | You feel you want to do something , but I just do n't what you can do |