Example sentences of "[prep] something [conj] is not " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said it would be a mistake , ‘ a mistake in sentiment ; for it could only mean that we were embalming the corpse of something that is n't really dead and need n't die at all — an aesthetic mistake — because we do n't really want to have the taste of our schooldays established as a boundary for our whole lives ’ . |
| 2 | We shall not endeavour to trace the origin of Mind out of something that is not mind . |
| 3 | I 'm hitting my head repeatedly against something that is n't there and I suppose that that could be a definition of insanity . |
| 4 | How can you be blamed for something that is n't your conscious fault ? |
| 5 | You feel you 're begging for something that is n't there . |
| 6 | You always feel foolish , running away from something that is n't chasing you . |
| 7 | Although I am always prepared to enter discussions with the hon. Gentleman about hypothetical matters , one must also balance the amount of time and expense that it would take to comment on something that is not a reality . |