Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] not [be] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I left here , telling myself I could n't be lady Anne 's companion 'cos I could n't leave mama on her own . |
| 2 | F—ing hell , she ca n't be Elton John every day ! |
| 3 | On the other hand — again , just looking at the economics — while you are working , you will not be spending money on entertainment . |
| 4 | I 'm afraid you wo n't be Miss World again , but you 'll do . |
| 5 | I really did find that we sunk to the pits when we started circulating recipes for cheesecake on er poll tax er payers money , that is absolutely ludicrous and we should n't be spending money on that . |
| 6 | We will not be wage slaves any more . |
| 7 | They must not be accommodation bills , where no underlying transaction exists , where the bill has been accepted so that it can be discounted for capital purposes . |
| 8 | It may not be PC Tools but it 's cheap ! |
| 9 | And it could n't be starter Captain Keith Brown , who allegedly rejected the possibility of using a different system TWO MONTHS before the race . |
| 10 | It could n't be Dr Kent ; she hardly knew him , she 'd only spoken to him three times , and then briefly . |
| 11 | It was n't the van arriving for he would have heard the engine , and it could n't be Joe Maitland . |
| 12 | If it was not Bradley Hall , it ca n't be Bradley Hall again , they 're always going in there ! |
| 13 | ‘ It ca n't be Signor Diomede — he 's far too young . ’ |
| 14 | Lewis insisted that if he was crowned WBC champion by default he was ready to put his title on the line next spring against a British opponent — but it would n't be Frank Bruno . |
| 15 | It would n't be York stone set anyway . |
| 16 | By air , land or water , it would n't be Barry Sheene if he did n't arrive in style . |
| 17 | It would not be statute law in the first instance , since it takes so long to get proposed statutes passed into law . |
| 18 | ‘ No , it would not be supper time yet , ’ said the Dean firmly . |
| 19 | If I told you now that we needed another five gangs of floor tilers or whatever it was which you had n't got enough of , it wo n't be floor tilers something you have n't got enough of , everything , could you get them by Monday ? |
| 20 | ‘ In 10 years , it wo n't be Crystal Palace but it may be Southern League , Division Seven . ’ |
| 21 | An inquest has been told how an elderley man died from the treatment he was taking for his athletes foot.John Ellis took a revolutionary new drug for his condition , after years of suffering.But within a couple of months , he died from liver failure.But the makers of the drug say it 's safe for most people , and it wo n't be withdrawn.Chris Moore reports . |
| 22 | But be sure of one thing , ’ he added bitterly , ‘ whoever makes money out of the deal , it wo n't be Brian Harley . ’ |
| 23 | First , since each contains zeros in its diagonal , it can not be pos. def . |