Example sentences of "not my [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is particularly true , and actually is what I 'm leading to in this story is that three years later , when Robert Priest hit Esquire two years later , the Rolling Stone look was supplanted by the Esquire look in terms of popular design and imagination , and I remember people said to me ‘ well Roger what are you going to do , your style is out of date ’ and my reaction to this was ‘ well , hold on a second , it 's not my style for one , and number two this is just traditional style , this was never intended to be a trend ’ , and fortunately it 's sort of gone — right now it 's back — so Rolling Stone even picked up the format that , you know , the Morris–Jenson typeface that we did for headline and stuff , and it 's back in there . |
| 2 | ‘ That 's not my style of thing at all . ’ |
| 3 | ( Not my experience in several recent trips into Aberystwyth — KWL ) |
| 4 | ‘ But Josey , what he wants is not my type of thing ! |
| 5 | Olazabal 's compatriot Sevvy Ballesteros , who has fallen upon hard times after 68 tournament victories worldwide , said : ‘ The US Open is not my type of golf course , but I try to do my best and see what happens . ’ |
| 6 | Though that was not my subject at Aix , I 've made rather a point of knowing a certain amount of French Civil Law . |
| 7 | ‘ Oh , no , not my scene at all … ’ |
| 8 | ‘ By this time , ’ ( Shirley 's girlfriend again ) ‘ me feet were killing me , because , you know , I 'd got Lily Piggot 's shoes on and well , she 's not my size for long … ’ |
| 9 | That 's not my way of doing it . |
| 10 | ‘ Not my notion of red , Miss , ’ Lyddy said . |
| 11 | It 's not my favourite by any means . |
| 12 | Malik 's claim took his defence lawyer , Stephen Ferrarone by surprise : ‘ Not my idea of the best defence , believe me . |
| 13 | I 'm not a bloody American , you know — rushing to a shrink is not my idea of a hobby or a good day out . |
| 14 | With smelly old oil stoves in draughty wagons — not my idea of that old Yule Log in the grate . ’ |
| 15 | It 's not my idea of a happy ending . |
| 16 | Spending time with McIllvanney was not my idea of relaxation , and I did n't much take to his lack of enthusiasm . |
| 17 | ‘ Supposed to turn into beds , ’ she said , adding lightly , ‘ but not my idea of a honeymoon suite . ’ |
| 18 | Not my idea of romance — takes all sorts . ’ |
| 19 | Certainly , it 's not my idea of the ideal way to round off a year which has found Jim Bob and Fruitbat riding out any anticipated backlash with a certain aplomb . |
| 20 | Not my idea of an intellectual , or a businessman ; to me he 's like a merchant in a fairy tale . |
| 21 | ‘ Hanging about waiting to die is not my idea of a good answer ! ’ |
| 22 | Not my idea of a castle . |
| 23 | Being married to Viola is not my idea of bliss unending . ’ |
| 24 | Holding hands through the bars is not my idea of fun ! ’ |
| 25 | ‘ He 's not my idea of a leader , I must say , ’ Peacock said . |
| 26 | The private sector makes a lot of profit from a lot of different services provided , but that 's not my idea of what public services are , or should be . |
| 27 | Meeting Steve the stamp man from Surbiton or Billy from the back of beyond or travelling around attending street parties and generally being gawped at by the Press and the populace is not my idea of whooping it up . |
| 28 | It 's not my idea of a |
| 29 | Not my idea of science . |
| 30 | Satin … not my kind of thing . |