Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb pp] a proper [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for making up and imposition , the tasks most often cited as barred to women , they could certainly not be carried out by anyone who had not received a proper training , and were rightly regarded as skilled work . |
| 2 | DURING the 1992 general election the people of the United Kingdom were not given a proper chance to make a decision about the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 3 | Thomas Biggs , in his address to the Social Science Association in 1870 , complained that such a ‘ painful … topic is not considered a proper theme for discussion … by the great majority of the House of Commons ’ . |
| 4 | There was no W , since it was not reckoned a proper letter in its own right , but only a double U , which is how we pronounce it . |
| 5 | The company had not made a proper effort to place her in a comparable position in another store . |
| 6 | Their lot , they felt , had not had a proper turn since the defeat of the left in the civil war of the late 1940s . |
| 7 | There is no need to point out to you the extent to which women are under-represented in the House , and many women will be disappointed to note that , on an agreement affecting the female population — especially in relation to maternity rights and pay — we have not had a proper hearing today . |
| 8 | Dan had not had a proper job for over ten years . |
| 9 | There is nothing more infuriating and destructive than having the discussion dominated by those who have not got a proper grasp of the subject because they have failed to read the material provided . |
| 10 | I 've not got a proper Christmas tree out am I ? |
| 11 | I stuck them in a milk bottle cos I ai n't got a proper flower vase , but they look OK like that I reckon . |
| 12 | We have n't got a proper salad , I shall have to start ju , shall I leave salad ? |
| 13 | She is not very enthusiastic about the light rail proposals , but er she sees the park and ride as an excellent idea , but as she said , it 's not exactly inviting to leave your car in er a car park which is not necessarily big enough , which has n't got a proper surface , is n't properly lit , is n't supervised , has great big notices up that say there are thieves about , and where the bus service stops at half past six . |
| 14 | I do n't mean today I mean if she 's going in to London or something you know she 's got a base in London to do something in the morning before she goes on a call as opposed to some of them who have n't got a proper office space |
| 15 | They had got used to living in Brighton , and saw no reason to uproot themselves , but one of their tutors took them aside and said , ‘ Look , this place has n't got a proper research library , and it 's not going to get one . |
| 16 | I , and he said he still , he has n't got a proper cooker or anything or |
| 17 | I have n't had a proper look around the market for I looked |
| 18 | I ai n't had a proper look I just put it on and said , work a few routes out you know where it |
| 19 | Wilson and I had n't had a proper meal the whole time and now my stomach was beginning to remind me there were other things in life besides Scotch and bourbon . |
| 20 | ‘ I used to enjoy my work but I have n't had a proper job in ten years now , ’ he says . |