Example sentences of "[noun prp] be n't [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , Tumbleweed are n't dabbling with any radically new threads here — cool melodies blasting through the '60s garage and topped off with some neat psychedelic baubles — but there 's such obvious songcraft at work that they burn new holes in some well-worn fabric . |
| 2 | If some know-all sourpusses are to be believed , The Rockingbirds are n't appreciated in the same way as Suede or Kingmaker or Therapy ? : they 're just an average bunch of Luddites being championed because of kitsch , ‘ so out it 's in ’ considerations . |
| 3 | And how do we know Intercity are n't gon na come along and demand a different course ? |
| 4 | When Janice and Ken are n't snapping at each other ( a level of conflict they seem to have got used to ) , they are snappy at the three children . |
| 5 | Yeah er if you , what was on tonight was er on the , there was a T V programme on tonight called What the Papers Say and the editor Alistaire Campbell was on tonight , he is actually quite left-wing and this paper will , is actually quite vehement about the government , much more than the Sun would ever be , it 's quite interesting , yet that is owned by Murdoch , but I have to say that I think that is only because Murdoch is n't liked in that way since to have |
| 6 | After the first week I came to the reluctant conclusion that Charlie Trumper was n't going to be pleased that I had sacrificed ten pounds of our money — six of his and four of mine — just to appease my female vanity . |
| 7 | Fortunately , Nevil was n't looking in his mirror , he had his head out of the driver 's window as if looking for a street name . |
| 8 | Feeling decidedly uncomfortable at the older woman 's frosty manner , Rachel reluctantly followed her into the sitting-room hoping that David was n't going to be long . |
| 9 | He could , because Mrs Wright was n't looking at him . |
| 10 | Besides Maxham was n't dressed with a salesman 's mass-produced smartness : he was a wiry little man whose rumpled suit and gold-rimmed glasses made him look like an old-fashioned country doctor . |
| 11 | Rex was n't thinking about Coca Cola . |
| 12 | Molly was n't listening to them . |
| 13 | However , Lithuania are n't going to be as dangerous as they might have been as several of their top stars did n't make the trip . |
| 14 | Christopher is n't sleeping with us . |
| 15 | Most puzzling of all was the fact that Eva was n't perturbed by their disappearance . |
| 16 | But Ronni was n't thinking about Richmond . |
| 17 | Ronni was n't waiting for anything . |
| 18 | Whether or not , as Heath reported , the Vietnamese were turning increasingly to the US for advice and assistance in a situation where the Governor of Annam was n't speaking to the Prime Minister — who was being kept on . |
| 19 | Chances are Sharon , Tracy or Wayne were n't raised on a big country estate with Rupert , William , Sarah and Lucinda . |
| 20 | ‘ This Mr Dickens is n't wanted on no murder enquiry . |
| 21 | ‘ Robert is n't attracted to me . |
| 22 | The role of the visiting G Ps at Stroud is n't underestimated by the full time staff . |
| 23 | ‘ But little Ellie Browne is n't going to be given a chance to be a part of it , ’ she murmured with mock sorrow . |
| 24 | Mr is n't gon na be there tomorrow . |
| 25 | Tivoli is n't looking for any more investors and should soon start generating cash . |
| 26 | The voice grew instantly guarded , but Rory was n't fooled by it . |
| 27 | But of course Faye was n't referring to the colour on her face . |
| 28 | But Faye was n't reclined on the couch that she had declared would be her home base for the evening , and with a sudden pang of anxiety Belinda realised that she had n't seen or talked to Faye since about half-past five . |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't think you do , do you ? ’ said Quiggers , ‘ I think you think , as I do , that Old Mother Walsh was n't talking about a real snake . |
| 30 | I have n't been able to find a plausible answer , and Aria UK were n't letting on either . |