Example sentences of "n't [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 An ’ that ai n't me usual practice . ’
2 It was n't me last night !
3 And I thought there ai n't nothing these blokes can teach me about files and stuff .
4 ‘ There ai n't nothing wrong wi ’ crying , sweetheart , but yer must always share yer troubles wi' them as love yer .
5 Business is n't my best side , yaar , not my best .
6 At the time I was playing a Les Paul , which was n't my first choice because I had been playing Telecasters when Stevie ( Nicks ) and I were working together before we joined Fleetwood Mac , but when we joined the band there was an existing sound and the Telecaster was n't cutting it .
7 This ai n't my first rodeo , I 've done all this before and do n't see why Friday should be any different . ’
8 They sort of decided for me that it was n't my perfect vocation .
9 After all , Gran was n't my real grandmother . ’
10 ‘ To tell you the truth , Mrs Hurst , the lamb is n't my real reason for coming .
11 Nevertheless , as I dab calamine on my spare tyres , I ca n't deny that this is n't my finest hour .
12 But it was n't my standard terror-dream .
13 ‘ For you , dear lady , ’ Googol replied gallantly , ‘ I might attempt such a challenge , though that is n't my usual style . ’
14 It is n't my usual style , but I thought it would be less embarrassing if I — ’
15 To be honest I 'm beginning to get fed up with being so useless and just wish that ‘ Failure ’ was n't my middle name .
16 ‘ She looked so sad , it was n't my proud Millie ; she just stood there .
17 ‘ This is n't my entire work-force , my little idiot . ’
18 And that was n't my only problem .
19 ‘ Well , you ai n't my ole man , ’ the woman reminded him .
20 I hope it was n't my favourite armchair either !
21 This is n't my natural colour by the way . ’
22 They do n't hug so well without the belt ; bum 's a little saggy , to tell the truth , but fashion is n't my top priority these days .
23 But this — I 'm well briefed on the subject , this is n't my own knowledge — is a fine , full-weight aureus from two hundred years previously , enormously enhanced in value .
24 It was n't my own will ; it was an accident .
25 ‘ Well , if it is n't my little companion , my theatre-going pal .
26 P.C. Well , Sir , if I have neglected my duty in the past , why have n't my superior officers done their duty and made a defaulter of me .
27 I had a go at that did n't I one year ?
28 4th OCTOBER ****ed X last night and then discarded him or her Are n't I cruel tee he ?
29 He 's not been too bad but I tried to put him to sleep upstairs did n't I this afternoon ?
30 what you suggested how she got in that , oh no you ca n't have that , well she kept coming and she kept are n't I a silly bitch , are n't I silly bitch Bill , and he looked she was taking the mickey out and he said well what , what 's your daughter 's name , she said Jane , as if he was puddled he said no what 's that name ?
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