Example sentences of "n't [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Ah , but these were n't — I mean , they were n't properly in the Prince 's harem . ’ |
| 2 | Which would raise the further question whether this way , as practised by Olson , and by Williams in Paterson , is n't so unlike the ways of poetry as we have known it that to call their works ‘ poems ’ does n't merely confuse the whole issue . |
| 3 | It was n't long before the Support Force and Butler collected an array of nick-names with the hit-squad being the most polite |
| 4 | DoH attempts to secrecy only added to the mystique and it was n't long before the Support Force and Butler collected an array of nicknames with the £hit-squad ’ being the most polite . |
| 5 | It was n't long before the butterfly dust of innocence and romance brushed off a girl nowadays . |
| 6 | It was n't long after the conversation about the Ivor Novello Award that he became much more resolved that he did n't need Ken Pitt as manager , so I said to him that the only thing he could do in that case was to get an attorney who would break the contract . |
| 7 | It is well known in Shetland that the best of the fishing skippers of old had the ability to sense the correct course to steer in fog or darkness , by invoking a sort of ‘ sixth sense ’ , and that it was n't long after the invention of the compass before that ability faded and was lost for ever . |
| 8 | After , after the years of hardship and loss and then ev everything came as a relief , course we were still at war with the Japanese and people were still in Burma , our soldiers were still in Burma fighting the Japanese , but having said that the main issue was over and it was n't long after the Americans dropped the atomic bomb and of course , I always thought they had to really or else the Japanese would still be fighting now the er they had special dances in the Town Hall for the V E Day and the Americans who did a a jitterbug contest and er I always remember my friend and his sister , who was English , they actually won it against the Yanks he er |
| 9 | But from what I saw through there in your surgery you have n't much in the way of up-to-date equipment — only the bare necessity . |
| 10 | The main problem I encountered concerned the 1Mb of on-board RAM , which was n't enough for the more complicated graphics output . |
| 11 | Two groups were n't enough for the actual experiment , though ; I needed six . |
| 12 | Unfortunately it meant that there was n't enough for the consultant to do to keep him out of her way , and every time she turned round she almost fell over him . |
| 13 | Secondly , there is n't enough in the game for a hardened Dizzy fan . |
| 14 | ' But there was n't enough in the extract for me to get the context . |
| 15 | I mean , a feeling that it it was n't naturally in the area but it could be stirred up . |
| 16 | He were n't all over the sixth form I 've not got a to live with ! |
| 17 | There was an agitated rumble from the two committee men , who were n't entirely in the picture . |
| 18 | The problem is n't just with the person who has become dependent on alcohol . |
| 19 | This is n't just with the benefit of hindsight-honest ! ! |
| 20 | It had me in stitches a lot of the time and definitely was n't just for the kids . ’ |
| 21 | We 'll go erm to our next caller very shortly who 's just waiting on the line , so if we can go to that caller yet , we ca n't just for the moment I 'm told . |
| 22 | So what we would have been I mean it were n't just at the bottom of the street . |
| 23 | ‘ Her niceness was n't just on the surface . |
| 24 | It was n't just on the day of pentecost . |
| 25 | The Swindon success story is n't just on the field … off the field they 've been rebuilding too … the overdraft is below a million … but the world of football the town of Swindon still wonders if the County Ground could cope could afford the premier league … |
| 26 | You go through all sorts of situations and circumstances but there is a peace and an equilibrium it was n't just on the surface , it was right to the very depths of his being the whole being . |
| 27 | The network er what the miner 's strike created I think anyway was a sort of network of people Th and it was n't just through the usual trade union political party network it was or through the support groups really er it sets up a network of like |
| 28 | So he shook off the ghosts and walked on , his footsteps muffled by the fog , shivering from a chill that was n't just in the air , until the nearest mouth engulfed him . |
| 29 | In the Western Fells region covered by the FRCC Scafell , Dow and Eskdale Guide , Al Phizaclea continues to explore nooks and crannies with the philosophy that if it does n't move and is n't already in the guide then it must be climbed . |
| 30 | So I mean there is n't anyway in the world that she 's gon na bank seven hundred quid a month ! |