Example sentences of "[noun] be not my " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Albie 's debts are not my business . ’ |
| 2 | ( I subsequently had ( 27 April ) a site meeting with an EGBT official , who completed a proposal form on the spot — however , the funding aspects are not my main concern here ; suffice it to say , 1 ) that I have always been confident that funding would be secured from one source or another , and 2 ) that my direct approach to SNH was done only because I had indications that their project approvals took months rather than weeks — something I have subsequently been assured is not true ) . |
| 3 | Ixmarity is not my native religion . |
| 4 | No , Ken is not my lover , good heavens , he 'd be shocked ! |
| 5 | William Ash is not my father ! ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Knife-throwing is not my forte . |
| 7 | What was under test was not my skills or abilities but my moral judgement . |
| 8 | I became more and more certain that John Carrow was not my father . ’ |
| 9 | Excellent product but er the f the network marketing is not my side and you could not direct selling . |
| 10 | Then she said , ‘ Even if you are right , Jules , Monsieur Félix 's personal feelings are not my concern . |
| 11 | ‘ Beef cattle were not my scene ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Beef cattle were not my scene , so I decided to try something different , ’ says this 28-year-old one-game-a-month golfer . |
| 13 | Two veg and Oxo gravy is not my style . |
| 14 | Psychic imperialism is not my style . |
| 15 | ‘ This menu is not my idea , ’ pleaded Auguste despairingly . |
| 16 | As one young woman I spoke to put it : ‘ I thought at least I 'll be going to a place where these people are not my parents so they wo n't be able to put a hand on me . ’ |
| 17 | And any waiting , any time lag is not my fault , it 's not cos I 've been slow in getting it , I 've already got it there , it 's all wrapped up it 's gift wrapped with your name on it ! |
| 18 | Being married to Viola is not my idea of bliss unending . ’ |
| 19 | Describing the homes and environment of rich Spanish counts and their sisters is not my style . |
| 20 | Early morning 's not my best time , specially when I 've spent half the night dreaming terrible dreams and the other half listening to some loon droning on about turtles in Japan — but it was great dawdling along by the river . |
| 21 | This generic computer use is not my topic . |
| 22 | And this appointment was not my idea . ’ |
| 23 | What I took to be failures were not my failures but simply where I failed to fit in with what others expected of me . |
| 24 | You may tell me that your personal life is not my concern and that it is not for me to comment — and you would be justified however , I can not help but make it my concern because I have your future very much at heart . |
| 25 | PACKING IS NOT MY forte . |
| 26 | The Welsh inspectorate is not my responsibility . |
| 27 | But France is not my home , and I want to live again at Windsor with Wallis by my side . ’ |
| 28 | Spending time with McIllvanney was not my idea of relaxation , and I did n't much take to his lack of enthusiasm . |
| 29 | When the captain of the Olympic team tells the Sunday Times that he would never run in the 4x400 meters relay because ‘ those guys are not my kind of guys — I do n't like their attitude ’ , then he has to be challenging somebody to say , how dare you say that , to which he 'll reply , how can you stop me ? |
| 30 | Holding hands through the bars is not my idea of fun ! ’ |