Example sentences of "[conj] [det] [is] [not/n't] what [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those who have met with Cumberland jokes will realize that they are nearly always directly personal and intended to deflate pretension : the victims may well feel that this is not what passes for humour in ‘ polite society ’ . |
| 2 | I was meant to grow up something like Desi Arnaz Jnr and that 's not what happened . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ But that 's not what 's brought me to the crossroads . ’ |
| 4 | One might expect one 's money to be used to buy holidays or be handed to charity , but that is not what happens . |
| 5 | But that is not what has happened . |
| 6 | But this is not what happened in the early seventies . |
| 7 | But this is not what live music is all about . |
| 8 | But this is not what has happened : at least , my data shows no sign of it . |
| 9 | A language-centred description typically suggests that speech-sounds are objects that can actually change ( [ a ] can ‘ become ’ [ o ] , and so forth ) , when this is not what happens at all . |