Example sentences of "be n't [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ A pretty big thing , ’ he says , ‘ among so many militants and Trotskyists to whom you 're a Nazi if you are n't into revolution tomorrow . ’
2 And , road accidents , we talk about them a lot , and we 've discussed about charging for them , or whether we should n't and all the rest of it , they are n't about bits of squashed metal , they 're about people .
3 Even the ones that are n't about image include image — like the Coke advert , for instance .
4 ‘ If you are n't on wheels you must be on the skids .
5 They are n't on call around the clock for emergency care .
6 He claims it 's only ‘ half a solution ’ because most companies run one or two programs that are n't on WABI 's can-run list .
7 Single-ended slot blades would get round the problem , but are n't on offer ; ; Philips/Posidrive bits are n't restricted in the same way .
8 ‘ I 've already phoned to warn them that you are n't at home .
9 Nicky Richards , son of winning trainer Gordon , said : ‘ It 's a pity the King George and Gold Cup are n't at Haydock as Twin Oaks is a different horse here . ’
10 With Rover works in the region employing thousands in Cowley and Swindon , the company says it 's looking forward to an upturn later in the year , they say jobs are n't at risk .
11 Mrs Blanchard 's MP insists the elderly are n't at risk but says the petition shows that message may not have got across .
12 I take it you are n't in favour of the idea ? ’
13 " But you are n't in love with me . "
14 She followed the slow gyration of one very large , cream-coloured fish and said , ‘ But you are n't in love with me , which would make it , I 'm afraid , an awkward friendship .
15 If you are n't in love ? ’
16 Tony and I are n't in love ! ’
17 Plants that are n't in containers benefit more from a good watering once or twice a week , rather than a little every day .
18 Do you think that are so far down on the totem pole because the people at the top are men and are taking decision that are n't in women 's best interests ?
19 ‘ But we are n't in bed , darling . ’
20 I would n't say there 's a consensus , but there are various consensuses , that 's the plural , which overlap , which are n't in opposition , about what communications ought to be about .
21 But if patients are n't in danger , why have you done this report at all ?
22 He shouts : The Tories are n't in control any more , so up yours .
23 " Surely mussels are n't in season ? "
24 It 's a factual mistake , of course , because er , there are n't in fact deities looking after us in the way there were parents in , in childhood .
25 Could that be an indication that you are n't in fact giving the public what they want ?
26 I mean I know some of the , some of the more slender women , I wo n't say skinny here , what , are n't in need of a tummy tuck , but well there 's you as a twenty two Scottish women would spend two thousand pounds , what do you think of that ?
27 For if they are n't by Carver , then they 're by two close contemporaries of his who , on the evidence of the music itself , were comparably important composers — and thus they constitute even more precious evidence for the flourishing state of Scots musical culture in the first half of the 16th century .
28 If it were n't for Lennie , George could have had a peaceful life and have married someone but it is this power of ‘ deep-inside ’ love which kept them together .
29 If it were n't for Dr Russell , the decision would be easy …
30 If it were n't for Dr Penry Vaughan she might well be dead .
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