Example sentences of "he be n't the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they do n't match he is n't the thief and he 'll get his job back . |
| 2 | ‘ He waves about so that they 're not quite straight , but he is n't the greatest moving horse in the world ’ . |
| 3 | Ben seems to forget that he is not the only one in the world to be making progress , that it is not just the routes he puts up which are the difficult ones , and that he is n't the best climber there is . |
| 4 | This point can be proved by an admission on the part of the defendant-on enquiries at the DVLC , Swansea whose records can be produced in evidence ; and by an admission on the part of the owner where he is n't the defendant etc . |
| 5 | Rangers have a top performer in Richard Gough , though he is n't the biggest of central defenders . |
| 6 | Golding is important as a myth-maker — a great formalist and myth-maker — but he is n't the kind of writer who responds to history very much . |
| 7 | So , no , he is n't the cause of my nightmares . |
| 8 | I have told him he is n't the same man I married any more and he just takes me for granted . |
| 9 | He is n't the director here , even if he thinks he is . |
| 10 | I do hope he is n't the murderer , I do n't want them to lock up one of my best contacts , but if you ever hear where he really was , I 'd love to know . ’ |
| 11 | He is n't the first man to leave his wife and , though I understand your instinct to protect your sister , surely she could and should fight her own battles ? ’ |
| 12 | He is n't the type to be tied down , even by the flimsiest of bonds . |
| 13 | Because wh when , when we were looking at , at , at the I mean sort of things the implication to me seemed to be that , that this in itself is a successful policy , rent reduction , interest rate reduction methods improving er productivity , increasing input , in themselves are satisfying the demands of the peasantry and you would not need to go beyond that , I mean well did n't need to , he is n't the ideal , but he did n't need to go and he , he was doing very well out of it . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'll be glad to get to know them all , even if he is n't the man I once knew . |
| 15 | But for the moment , it seems he is n't the luxury most women want to take on a desert island with them . |
| 16 | he 's changed a lot , you know , he is n't the same person , you know he 's sort of more humble |
| 17 | Mind you , he is n't the sort of |
| 18 | He was n't the least bit sympathetic and I was terrified . ’ |
| 19 | He was n't the Tony DeFries that he became . |
| 20 | He was n't the least bit fashionable , but he certainly had style , the way he shuffled around in sneakers and sweatshirts , hair pointing in all directions , corduroy trousers rumpled and baggy . |
| 21 | He was n't the Wimbledon Poisoner . |
| 22 | And he was n't the only one . |
| 23 | He had thought for a moment that Hoomey was going to ask him back , but he knew he was n't the sort of friend that nice mothers were all that pleased to see . |
| 24 | Rosalind had written the letter breaking off her engagement to Richard , but during her short meeting with her new boy-friend realised that he was n't the right one at all and that Richard was — but that with the letter in the post she had found out too late ! |
| 25 | Well , he was n't the favourite any more , that much was obvious . |
| 26 | He was n't the fastest for nothing , and that was n't real snow around Santa 's grotto . |
| 27 | He was n't the sort to take drugs . |
| 28 | ‘ He was n't the type to moan and asked us not to complain until he got out . |
| 29 | But he was n't the only one in the dock after a punchless show that , in Kendall 's words , ‘ lacked penetration . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ He was n't the target , just in the way . ’ |