Example sentences of "n't be [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It wo n't be us at the next E I P , but are n't you inventing the same problem |
| 2 | All you could do deep down was to pray it would n't be you for the chop . |
| 3 | There should n't be anyone in the garden by that time . ’ |
| 4 | Answering questions at a meeting with foreign journalists , Mrs Thatcher said : ‘ We are looking at a scheme to have some people from Hong Kong , but it could n't be anything like the total number . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ If she has , dear Mrs Pargeter ’ — Fosdyke was being almost intolerably gallant — ‘ he ca n't be anything like the great Haverford Downs . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ But in the case of such an animated film , there would n't be anything behind the cartoon sofa ; not only that , the sofa could n't be said to have a behind at all . |