Example sentences of "n't [art] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is n't the clue to a murder usually found in part of the victim 's past , or his dealings with people ? |
| 2 | Now I think this came around , about , because you get the , the people , the women who want to wear fashionable clothes , it 's getting broader and broader and we 're sort of expanding downwards as it were , so you get women who have enough money to buy the material , to buy patterns , who have the skill to make dresses , but have n't the money to actually get a dressmaker to do it for them . |
| 3 | He is n't the type to be tied down , even by the flimsiest of bonds . |
| 4 | The Cabinet did behave as a Cabinet and although I said earlier about the Treasury being forced to disgorge information when the DEA existed , that was n't the case to the same extent in 1976 . |
| 5 | You have n't the guts to be a real doctor . |
| 6 | That is n't the way to be sorry for people — to make them conspicuous . |
| 7 | I ai n't the sort to be taken for granted , and I sure as hell do n't want to be someone 's fancy woman . ’ |
| 8 | A scheme to slow down traffic in the area has already been agreed by the County Council , but Chairman of the District Council , Ken Hall , says ‘ this is n't the end to all the problems ’ . |
| 9 | He was still barely conscious and had n't the energy to be anything but himself . |
| 10 | I have n't the answer to what an acceptable level of membership fee is but I 'm certain an ever increasing rate will never generate a party of mass membership . |
| 11 | Even when she looked up and saw the half mortals approaching from the forest , she had n't the strength to be afraid . |
| 12 | It was n't the time to be playing silly games . |
| 13 | But with United still bottom of the Second Division and staring relegation in the face , the editor of the club 's fanzine says this is n't the time to be selling star players . |
| 14 | Jess put her hand to her burning cheek , anger overcoming her terror , muttering : ‘ I ai n't no servant to thee . ’ |
| 15 | That ai n't no good to me mother . |
| 16 | Linda , going out to the landing , called down , ‘ Yes , I 'm up 'ere , Mum , but I ai n't a worry to Sergeant Joe . ’ |
| 17 | But it is n't , it is n't a way to actually run a decent social housing programme . |
| 18 | ‘ There is n't a trench to be seen . |
| 19 | Erm that is n't a constraint to consideration of new settlement sites in the A sixty four corridor . |
| 20 | This is n't a ploy to be recommended . |
| 21 | It 's plann i Planning is now policy led yes , but but but er planning is n't a slave to policy . |
| 22 | ‘ It was n't a subject to Plato , ’ said Barfield , ‘ it was a way . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's an extraordinary step , ’ Bloxham continued , ‘ calling anyone who is n't a member to a meeting . |
| 24 | No , no , I mean I would n't a video to . |
| 25 | He 's the one who gets the wages for it while I have n't a lira to myself not even to buy a pair of stockings , stuck here in this gloomy hole day after day — and he goes out working , he goes out to work when according to the contract he 's not allowed , I should be allowed but not him . |
| 26 | Popularity is n't a pre-requisite to good teaching though it certainly helps ; at least advice on projecting a more positive image should be given . |
| 27 | There was n't a seagull to be seen Maggie suddenly realized . |
| 28 | ‘ He was n't a stranger to me , ’ Jenna protested . |
| 29 | There was n't a star to be seen in the sky . |
| 30 | Thankfully , there was n't a table to be had , but her run of luck — bad luck , that was — seemed to be holding . |