Example sentences of "[not/n't] what you 'd [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | It 's not what you 'd expect , it might not even be what you like . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | ‘ Well , no , not exactly , not what you 'd call proof . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | ‘ A lot of the time the changes in design are very small — they 're not what you 'd call major fashion changes . ’ |
8 | ‘ Not what you 'd call a Major Thoroughfare , ’ said William 's nan , who had a sarcastic tongue on her at times . |
9 | ‘ Not what you 'd call well placed for the passing trade . ’ |
10 | ‘ Not what you 'd call a happy man . ’ |
11 | Not what you 'd call important . ’ |
12 | its not what you 'd like , it 's what I 've got the ingredients for |
13 | 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 . |
14 | But there was n't what you 'd call an organized sports group . |
15 | I mean the bottles were n't what you 'd call dirty , from having contained medicine or anything like that . |
16 | Jonathan was n't what you 'd call a warm man but he was n't a monk either . |
17 | Maybe the life we lead is n't what you 'd call exciting , but we care about each other and that 's what counts . ’ |
18 | Man Freitag PETER Freitag is n't what you 'd call a loser , of course , simply an habitual bronze medallist . |
19 | And my family were n't what you 'd term rich , ’ he added in another of his vast whispers . |