Example sentences of "[be] n't [art] [noun] i " in BNC.

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1 They are n't the ones I would have chosen .
2 The medical profession were n't the fools I had taken them for .
3 It were n't the dog I locked in the tractor-shed , that 's all I know . ’
4 We may need back-up — Dillon is n't a man I like but in a tight corner he 's formidable . ’
5 This is n't a man I 've got pitching up hay to me , it 's a flipping machine ! ’
6 It is n't a thought I like , myself , ’ she admitted .
7 ‘ That is n't a word I would use , ’ says Cohan .
8 It is n't a swan I thought it was but I I do n't , hello , I do n't think it is .
9 Pat , whose baby is due in four days , says : ‘ It 's unnerving , this waiting to see what the future holds , but there is n't a lot I can do .
10 I joked ; ‘ It is n't every day I have the pleasure of being in a lady 's bedroom . ‘
11 I had a picture of myself standing barefoot in my swimming trunks , screaming and thrashing in a motel room , and I thought , ‘ This is n't the way I 'm supposed to go . ’
12 He thought , this is n't the way I thought it would be .
13 ‘ I 'll be glad to get to know them all , even if he is n't the man I once knew .
14 ‘ It is n't the work I mind … it is n't even having to clean him up … ’
15 ‘ And that is n't the lie I meant . ’
16 But I 'm pleased to say that Steg is n't the hair-tearer I initially feared it to be .
17 " If it was n't a pill I could almost be certain of a taste and an odour of liver and bacon , and probably some onions .
18 It was n't a sound I ever remembered him having made , but certain things about it made me think it came from Quigley .
19 If I was n't an actor I 'd be covered in tattoos and pierced up the fucking ying-yang .
20 It actually , that actually was n't the sentence I made , I ca n't count , it was actually the next sentence I wanted you to look at .
21 This was n't the India I knew : during five previous visits I had never seen women kiss each other .
22 ‘ That was n't the way I was used to playing a part .
23 ‘ Oh , it was n't the case I was worried about .
24 This was n't the choice I wanted to make , Wayne , she said .
25 That was n't the reason I gave her to David , but because she was a trained dancer and I thought she could help David get the simple steps of the minuet together , because he had difficulty in putting two steps together .
26 ‘ That was n't the reason I went out with him , ’ she said defensively .
27 That was n't the impression I got last night . ’
28 ‘ She was n't the woman I came to seek , ’ said Catriona aloud .
29 ‘ She was n't the woman I came to seek . ’
30 so it was n't the fact I was trying to lose too much speed , it was that I changed into first and did n't have
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