Example sentences of "not the [noun] [prep] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | The evidence was of the way in which the rocks of the oceanic crust are magnetized ; it 's not the kind of thing that one comes across every day , so it will take a bit of explaining . |
| 2 | She said she knew nothing of a sectarian feud in the old days of Stormy Hill but if she did it was not the kind of thing you discussed with strangers , I sensed . |
| 3 | While this solution lurked in the consciousness of a large number of US citizens and was eventually to appeal to Hitler and the SS , it was not the kind of thing the Americans admitted or believed about themselves , and was certainly not the kind of solution they wished to offer to their civilised European cousins . |
| 4 | In fact , it sounds rather like the tone of a flat-out , old Fender Champ — not the kind of thing they 'd like to hear down at your local C&W club ! |
| 5 | A large gloomy bedroom had been the setting of it , hung with draperies , not the kind of thing you would expect a child to sleep in , but it was a little child that lay on the bed , white and still , the elderly man , evidently a doctor , who had seemingly just lifted a looking glass from the parted lips , turning to the young father and imparting the news of death , while the mother in a transport of grief clung to her husband , her head buried in his shoulder . |
| 6 | At the very least NOT THE KIND OF THING YOU 'D EXPECT FROM THE FARM . |
| 7 | I was horrified at the lack of concern … but that 's not the kind of thing this band addresses . ’ |
| 8 | Mr Wood conjectured , ‘ They could be raising money for the lending institutions , which is not the kind of thing we do ’ . |
| 9 | Of course , it 's not the kind of thing that everyone would want to get involved in … ’ |
| 10 | ‘ It 's not the kind of thing that would influence you , of course , ’ says Caroline , ‘ but the prospects would be quite good . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ It 's not the kind of thing you 'd want to be true , ’ she said . |
| 12 | Though it 's not the kind of thing should be second nature to a kid . |
| 13 | She saw a young , rather handsome man , whose brown eyes looked at her in a way she found slightly disturbing , though this was not the kind of thing she would have admitted to anybody but herself . |
| 14 | The reason was they set their alarm , they were terribly conscientious about setting their alarm clock so they 'd wake up in the morning to go to the exam , and er it was a very loud alarm clock so not the kind of thing you could sleep through , but come the morning of the exam the alarm went off and the student started to dream that they were out hearing church bells or something , you know they 're walking around hearing all these church bells , thinking is n't it nice , you know , it 's Sunday morning , oh I could go on sleeping . |
| 15 | We 're not the kind of thing that attracts government funding cos we 're not sort of we do n't go along with the architectural you know , the architectural establishment really insists that everything should be exactly just so . |
| 16 | ‘ They are not the kind of thing we want in this town and certainly not near my hotel . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ They are not the kind of thing we want in this town and certainly not near my hotel . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ They are not the kind of thing we want in this town and certainly not near my hotel . ’ |
| 19 | This is not the kind of thing I want my children to read . ’ |
| 20 | Sometimes the grown-ups say ‘ well , look , this is just not the type of thing I want my child even to know about . |
| 21 | It 's not the sort of thing the son of an important man should say . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I keep telling you , Anne , that 's not the sort of thing I 'm looking for . |
| 23 | I did not , to be honest , think I would have much success — it 's not the sort of thing that I would have known all those years ago — but the idea of ringing up a few of my former colleagues was just irresistible . |
| 24 | Many thanks for the script , it said , but it was not the sort of thing that Sky was planning at the moment . |
| 25 | That is not the sort of thing that is going to make anyone 's reputation . |
| 26 | Not the sort of thing you want to worry about . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's not the sort of thing that generally happens . ’ |
| 28 | But this was not the sort of thing Dustin was used to . |
| 29 | Not the sort of thing one expects from our side , a childish prank , more suited to the Liberals . |
| 30 | MORE tea , vicar ? is not the sort of thing I expected to ask minutes after arriving in a Swiss ski resort . |