Example sentences of "n't [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | An Alliance Party worker said : ‘ The election in Northern Ireland is n't about a penny off income tax or hospital beds . |
| 2 | It was n't worth a sending-off ’ — NEIL FRANCIS ( Ireland lock ) on the punch he received from Wales lock and debutant Tony Copsey . |
| 3 | After a clash with ITV interviewer Gary Newbon , Benn rounded on the ‘ armchair critics who said I 'm washed up ’ and blasted : ‘ They are n't worth a hand job . ’ |
| 4 | The cults in this country are n't worth a damn , we all know that . |
| 5 | if had said Oh this is n't worth a damn , take this , he would have taken it and been happy . |
| 6 | ‘ Then our lives are n't worth a beggar 's shit . ’ |
| 7 | and that 's what it is gon na be motivated , but at the end of the day there , the , the people that you work with they ai n't worth a |
| 8 | She was different , after all , he decided , in her hat , and with the grained leather gloves neatly folded , and Gaily had n't for a moment the wit to see this , prepared self as the false one and her accidental self , in an older coat and head-scarf , of Saturday night , the true one . |
| 9 | If it was n't for a bit of aggression , he would n't be where he is now . |
| 10 | And as the salon in Susan 's home town of Bristol was part of a reputable chain , she did n't for a moment expect any problems . |
| 11 | Benjamin 's modest but handsome little portrait seems to want to relay a message to us : I may not be blue-blooded , it says , but please do n't for a minute put me down as any kind of manual labourer — I belong to the established and rising ranks of the artisan middle-class . |
| 12 | Did n't for a moment think you 'd want them out of your sight . |
| 13 | No water flows from the sprinklers here , and clearly has n't for a long time . |
| 14 | It was terrible , I 'd always been independent , or when I was n't for a while I got my own social security money . |
| 15 | I did n't for a long time , I was only interested in whether I liked you . |
| 16 | As I had grown some six inches since he had last seen me , I did n't for a moment believe that his recognition was unprompted . |
| 17 | And if you hold a signing session — provided it is n't for a politician , a game-show host or some other nonentity — then the collectors will be out in force , perfectly happy to buy a new copy of Julian Barnes ' The Porcupine , though eager too to slip in their mint first of Metroland ( worth up to £80 ) or Flaubert 's Parrot ( £40 ) . |
| 18 | I thought I would get a job there but I could n't for a few months and er , my wife and two children joined me there and my brother 's wife joined us there , and two of us bought the house in Luton . |
| 19 | I do n't , do n't for a minute think it 's from that hand , because you know the tingling , you 're s are you supposed to get tingling all time ? |
| 20 | ‘ Thought it was n't for a woman , etc . |
| 21 | I no no I do n't for a start accept it . |
| 22 | I know that my father did use it for a while , lighting the stove with it , but he has n't for a while . |
| 23 | There are ninety nine pupils , the total staff is one hundred , of course that does not for a moment mean that er , there is one member of staff attendant on each pupil at all times , and I do n't for a moment suggest that . |
| 24 | That 's routine , and I do n't for a minute expect there to be any complications . |
| 25 | I went , erm I have n't for a while , I said but I do very occasionally cos I he goes |
| 26 | And sexual harassment towards a woman does , I think , confirm that in a way , as Suzy says , it does n't for a man . |
| 27 | The children And that were n't for a day , for a night , it were for weeks and weeks on end . |
| 28 | he 's a little , aye I know but he 's , yeah I know but it was n't for a week was it ? |
| 29 | ‘ No , I did n't as a matter of fact . |
| 30 | Erm I 'm amazed now when I see him on television as to how big he is , because he was n't as a youngster , and he was fragile and er we ribbed him because , in those days , you had an attache case for a school bag , and your initials were put on it . |