Example sentences of "be n't [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But these are n't word processors , no matter how much they 'd like you to think so . |
| 2 | Lynn Stewart , the teacher and software ‘ expert ’ , and Toni Michael , the computer writer , have got their heads and talents together to write this small ( yes are n't computer books getting bigger and bigger these days ) booklet for parents . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , as I said to you just now , ’ said the lady , ‘ there are still Brownies who do good turns , although they are n't fairy folk but real girls like this one — and about her age too . ’ |
| 4 | They are n't team players . ’ |
| 5 | Do you want a fire retardant one or just in interestingly enough , the ones that have got price offers on them are n't fire retardant . |
| 6 | I do n't see why there are n't seat belts . ’ |
| 7 | We are n't suicide zombies . |
| 8 | Er you will see that on in group four which is the top Unfortunately these are n't page numbers in this er pa they do n't have page numbers in this manual . |
| 9 | ‘ Are n't Time Lords supposed to be above that sort of language ? ’ |
| 10 | Hairdressers are n't mind readers and you must communicate with them . |
| 11 | ‘ They 're prettier than cakes that are n't wedding cakes . |
| 12 | ‘ Sorry there are n't silk sheets and satin pillows , ’ he murmured . |
| 13 | Are n't lamb chops beef , though ? ’ |
| 14 | Stealers were n't Chaos spawn . |
| 15 | The people here thought that if your wrists were n't tennis racket handle-width on your sixth birthday then you were called a ‘ fat ’ and transferred into the ‘ right ’ . |
| 16 | Oh they were n't blacksmiths in in the ordinary sense of the word , they were n't quarry blacksmiths as such because they were more or less engine smiths you see . |
| 17 | But they were on this bonus system you know , they were you know on the bonus but they were n't quarry men . |
| 18 | They had been put nominally under the command of ex-army officers like Tubby , to give them a cloak of respectability , but Tubby pointed out that they were n't army units or subject to army authority . |
| 19 | They were n't air crew , for God 's sake , they did n't join up to fly . |
| 20 | Those bundles of notes were n't fairy gold , or even Monopoly money . |
| 21 | when it used to be summer Saturdays and Sundays they were excursions , they were n't service trains . |
| 22 | stew you know like it is a beef ah , but it were n't mince meat , but it were n't stew . |
| 23 | All the girls I used were n't bimbo model types — they were people in their own right . |
| 24 | They were n't grammar schools . |
| 25 | ‘ But when we saw the tape we realised they were n't world beaters after all . |
| 26 | Hence : ‘ Many now forget that the rules of most sports were framed in Victorian times without resort to enforcement then ‘ in ’ , and were n't prison sentences then stiffer ? |
| 27 | Oh no there were n't motor cars out for years , called them charabancs , charabancs you know . |
| 28 | Thank God they were n't jazz fans . |
| 29 | " That is n't shore mud . " |
| 30 | ‘ Not on a Sunday it is n't breakfast time . |