Example sentences of "n't [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | if had said Oh this is n't worth a damn , take this , he would have taken it and been happy . |
| 2 | It was n't worth a sending-off ’ — NEIL FRANCIS ( Ireland lock ) on the punch he received from Wales lock and debutant Tony Copsey . |
| 3 | No water flows from the sprinklers here , and clearly has n't for a long time . |
| 4 | I did n't for a long time , I was only interested in whether I liked you . |
| 5 | But we do n't as a regular thing do much as far as the public is concerned but what we do do is training for tropical foresters , and during the summer vac . |
| 6 | Yet her first impressions of the Obersturmfuhrer were n't of a brutal man . |
| 7 | Eileen was n't above a tidy touch of manipulation herself when it suited . |
| 8 | If he could say that , for all his suffering , he was n't in a dying frame of mind . |
| 9 | And you 've been in a scenario where there 's one manager and there 's a few people who are n't in a managing role , but you are actually managers , maybe they 'd like a little reversal , I mean , I think some good things have come out of that , and possibly things that you 'd do better next time . |
| 10 | Most new artists and bands are n't in a strong bargaining position . |
| 11 | Thomas ai n't in a good mood is he ? |
| 12 | Tom ai n't in a good mood . |
| 13 | That she was n't in a powerless position . |
| 14 | The hedge was moving past quite gently , as if it was n't in a particular hurry to get anywhere , but the surface of the lane already had a blurred look . |
| 15 | The barman , sensing Whitlock was n't in a talkative mood , left him alone . |
| 16 | She was n't in a fit state to be on her own . |
| 17 | ‘ You clearly are n't in a fit state to drive , but I assumed you 'd be stubborn about it . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ You and I are also required to put in an appearance at the police station later , but I managed to persuade them you were n't in a fit state to answer questions right now . ’ |
| 19 | And , although the skin thickens in the sun to protect itself , it does n't on a sunbed . |
| 20 | ‘ Oh , I know my friends are n't on a high intellectual plane like yours ! |