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 ? |