Example sentences of "[not/n't] a [noun] [pron] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Always buy your bed with your partner , it 's not a decision you can make alone |
| 2 | It 's not a decision I would care to have to make . |
| 3 | Knowing how to use your head is not a subject you can study for a written exam . |
| 4 | God was not a subject he could handle with any real heart , nor compete with . |
| 5 | You then face it with another wardrobe , or if not a wardrobe you 'll face it with something like a chest of drawers and the and put a c er er a wrapper over that and then upside down on top of that th there would be a dressing table , and they would face in . |
| 6 | Tonight 's not a night they 'll forget in a hurry . ’ |
| 7 | While we English are only too ‘ delighted ’ to witness such unalloyed victorious joy in former colonial outposts such as Cardiff and Madras , it is not a trend we would wish to see maintained in the serious stuff of life — the Calcutta Cup ! |
| 8 | ‘ Fadeev was not a sight I would want my eight-year-old to see . |
| 9 | Now , as far as the Catholics are concerned , I have to say I like the people very much but theirs is not a faith I could accept myself . |
| 10 | That was not a word one would apply to Tom O'Neill . |
| 11 | That was not a word she would have chosen . |
| 12 | Clearly , this is not a reading which will appeal to those who relish the physical excitement and theatrical extravagance of Strauss 's music . |
| 13 | It was not a position anyone could maintain comfortably for long , and it seemed to Clare that he was deliberately refraining from lying down beside her . |
| 14 | JULIA FORDHAM Porcelain ( Circa 10 ) ‘ You make me feel vulnerable and totally exposed , ’ is not a lyric you would expect from Kylie Minogue , or even Liza Minnelli . |
| 15 | Th'bist kitchen skivvy , not a lady who can take trips into the garden when the fancy strikes . |
| 16 | The Trunchbull was not a person who would give someone a whole chocolate cake to eat just out of kindness . |
| 17 | But he was not a person who would ferret for secrets . |
| 18 | God is not a person who can have a son . " |
| 19 | Primal Scream Not a name which would lead you to expect self-absorbed acoustic doodlings . |
| 20 | A pretty girl and one that should be with a man , not a girl who should have sat beside a solicitor in a High Street divorce court . |
| 21 | In taking the time on it 's own , erm that that 's not not a problem I would have thought , for most people , cos if they 're making Sunday lunches anyway , then i it 's in the middle of the morning one way or the other . |
| 22 | Not a problem I 'd care to have on my hands . |
| 23 | It is not a conflict which will lead inevitably to problems , but it should be recognised at an early stage and rectified by the Government . |
| 24 | ‘ Charity begins at home , ’ she concluded , ‘ and that is not a home I shall seek to enter again in a hurry . ’ |
| 25 | It 's not a country I should care to visit on my own . |
| 26 | ‘ You 're a good rider , Lady Fei , but that 's not a stunt I 'd recommend you try a second time . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ It 's not a journey I would wish to undertake . |
| 28 | Grainne , going cautiously through the Castle , thought that this was certainly not a journey she could have made alone . |
| 29 | That 's not a criticism you could level at Language — the loaded weapon by Dwight Bolinger ( Longman , 1980 ) . |
| 30 | He 's not a man who 'll share his woman , and I do n't blame him . |