Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [pers pn] be [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I do not think it is this threat alone which explains the sick feeling of dread — rather like the feeling of a man who knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight — which clouds the prospect of a Labour victory . |
| 2 | He might have been persuaded to have them out here but he would not let them be any sort of nuisance , and she was well aware of it . |
| 3 | It 's not Carry it 's this thing we have to she tape conversations for speech therapy . |
| 4 | I do n't think they are that type of band anyway . |
| 5 | Why had he thought it necessary , she would n't have minded , surely he did n't think she was that sort of person . |
| 6 | ‘ I did n't think you were that kind of girl , ’ he said , ‘ and I sha n't see you again . |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't think it is any surprise that some of our best swimmers , like Andrew Jameson , have reached their peak through training at an American college . ’ |
| 8 | He does n't think it 's any use just telling people things . |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't think it 's any use looking after old people unless you really care and really like old people . ’ |
| 10 | I did n't think I looked so dreadful before , and I certainly did n't think it was any business of theirs how I looked . |
| 11 | I did n't know they were that colour . |
| 12 | I do n't know he 's some flu or something , he 's been in bed for four days |
| 13 | I do n't recognise it is that ford , that 's ford Ruth is n't it ? , that 's what it is , it 's a back ford , Pearly Way , those factories I 'm sure . |
| 14 | Well I do n't remember it being any hassle for me . |
| 15 | ‘ I did n't realise he was that sort . |
| 16 | Do n't suppose they 're any good . |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't suppose it 's any use saying that I 'm sorry ? ’ |
| 18 | Oh , and I do n't suppose you 're any good at handling time either . |
| 19 | Oh , please do n't let it be another car full of drunks ! |