Example sentences of "[not/n't] what [pron] 'd [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why should the boy be not what he 'd expect ? |
| 2 | If it was n't for Winnie — so understanding , knowing that he 'd been tricked , snared in this vile trap — he knew not what he 'd do . |
| 3 | The JD Tele wins out on knobs , since the Signature 's volume control is horribly graunchy — again , not what you 'd expect for this kind of money . |
| 4 | It 's not what you 'd expect , it might not even be what you like . |
| 5 | And finally tonight Moseley rugby club have come up with a very different approach to pre-season training , I have to tell you it is not what you 'd expect from the lads from the Readings . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , no , not exactly , not what you 'd call proof . |
| 7 | I 'm not what you 'd call the retiring type , and I rarely flinch from a fight when I 'm sure of my own righteousness ; but there is one thing I can not cope with , and that is unprovoked aggression . |
| 8 | Friedman 's early guitar lessons were not what you 'd call fruitful , since his teacher was less than keen on showing Marty his favourite Frehley licks . |
| 9 | ‘ A lot of the time the changes in design are very small — they 're not what you 'd call major fashion changes . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Not what you 'd call a Major Thoroughfare , ’ said William 's nan , who had a sarcastic tongue on her at times . |
| 11 | ‘ Not what you 'd call well placed for the passing trade . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Not what you 'd call a happy man . ’ |
| 13 | Not what you 'd call important . ’ |
| 14 | its not what you 'd like , it 's what I 've got the ingredients for |
| 15 | Now , I 've got a retired accountant in Nottingham who spends his days trading gilts , but not what I 'd want to do . |
| 16 | The voice was not what I 'd have expected from a girl who 'd been playing house with a mug like Mahoney . |
| 17 | Like , most of the rapes we get at Easton , they 're not what I 'd call rape at all . |
| 18 | Not what I 'd call escapism anyway . |
| 19 | Jimbob and Fruitbat , although successful and possibly wealthy are , I 'm afraid not what I 'd call guitarists . |
| 20 | That is n't what I 'd say . |
| 21 | ‘ Though this is n't what I 'd have chosen , ’ Nathan murmured , ‘ I have to admit there are worse ways of spending a few weeks . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | But there was n't what you 'd call an organized sports group . |
| 24 | I mean the bottles were n't what you 'd call dirty , from having contained medicine or anything like that . |
| 25 | Jonathan was n't what you 'd call a warm man but he was n't a monk either . |
| 26 | Maybe the life we lead is n't what you 'd call exciting , but we care about each other and that 's what counts . ’ |
| 27 | Man Freitag PETER Freitag is n't what you 'd call a loser , of course , simply an habitual bronze medallist . |
| 28 | And my family were n't what you 'd term rich , ’ he added in another of his vast whispers . |