Example sentences of "n't [noun] 's [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why did n't Lisa 's boyfriend come to the pub ? |
| 2 | Did Alan know he was n't Donna 's father ? |
| 3 | It was n't Dana 's fault if Roman preferred her to her twin ; he had wanted Claudia , but once had been enough . |
| 4 | Well it was n't Linda 's business , she just worked |
| 5 | It was n't Lucenzo 's flat . |
| 6 | Her mother was n't Frank 's mother , because she had died when he was born . |
| 7 | ‘ It was n't Trev 's fault . |
| 8 | Marriage is n't child 's play |
| 9 | I did n't Matthew 's football ? |
| 10 | But why did n't Elaine 's name mean anything to her ? |
| 11 | ‘ Did n't Ted 's wife die young ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ He was n't Phena 's father , was he ? |
| 13 | It was n't IMP 's fault , or hers , that he had started at Jerez in third position , but she 'd been a convenient whipping-boy for his suspicions . |
| 14 | Of course , the glass-panelled room is n't Saunderson 's studio — that 's next door . |
| 15 | Now , Jim , that is n't Flint 's ship , is it ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ If you were n't Eddie 's kid sister I 'd have given you a far harder ride for what you 've just accused me of this evening , so do n't push your luck , Dr Kate Ash , because you might come to regret it ! ’ |
| 17 | Why had n't Shamrock 's owners looked after her and loved her as we had done ? |
| 18 | It seemed to be a green light to both sides , the brewery 's only concern being that they were n't Jehovah 's Witnesses or Christian Scientists ! |
| 19 | ‘ And as a matter of fact , she is n't Harry 's sister . |
| 20 | It was n't Brian 's fault , he could n't really help the fact that he did n't fit in , that he looked , well … strange , or that he was at the back of the queue when the brains were handed out . |
| 21 | ‘ It is n't baby 's bath time yet , ’ continues Pa , speaking very calmly now , ‘ You do Cymbydoll while Mummy does Cymbeline ; that 's after tea . ’ |
| 22 | And let us be quite clear that the fact that any particular system does n't go on for ever does n't mean it was n't God 's will when it came in . |
| 23 | ‘ That was n't Father 's fault ! ’ she said defensively . |
| 24 | It was n't Sky 's fault that the Premier League football on display represented the biggest mis-use of the word ‘ premier ’ since Adam and Eve learnt how to spell . |
| 25 | And it was n't Sky 's fault that I used to watch better football at Barnet for exactly the same price as the weekly rental price of a satellite dish . |
| 26 | Les Robinson came as close as he could to making up for his own goal , but it was n't Oxford 's day . |
| 27 | were n't Bill 's fault |
| 28 | Or simply told the truth — told them there and now that it was n't Syl 's smile that repelled me but that I had an intuitive conviction that there was something unsound in him , something unwholesome by virtue of being undeveloped , something that would , sooner or later , cause me to turn on him with bitter cruelty as Nour had turned on me . |
| 29 | Also , Pierre asked , would n't Angelica 's murderer have been covered with blood ? |
| 30 | It was n't children 's television . |