Example sentences of "[not/n't] be [adv] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's not been away at all . |
| 2 | Even such an exalted pedigree as this , though , has not been enough for some of Britain 's big stores . |
| 3 | She had let her overwhelming desire feed her imagination ; had read something into his words , his looks , his actions , which had not been there at all . |
| 4 | Perhaps she had not been there at all , in the street , but a phantom instead had taken her place , looking like her , feeling like her inside too , but not her , for she , Rosa , had been in her bed , dreaming . |
| 5 | ‘ Old Mr Fiddle has not been there for some time , Rose , ’ said Dagmar from the door . |
| 6 | It seems to me that anyone attracted to practising psychology or psychotherapy or psychiatry has not been so without some needs of their own . |
| 7 | If you meet people from other countries , they understand what you mean if you say to do the legal thing , or the just thing , or the right thing , in certain ways , but it seems to me to be a slightly soggy , but nevertheless very important , British concept of doing the decent thing , which may be just , may be legal , may not be either of those two , but the British man has a very clear sense of what it entails . |
| 8 | In general the court should exercise its discretion to set aside a statutory demand if , but only if , it would not be just for those consequences to apply in the circumstances . |
| 9 | A reliable little bird tells this column that Frank may not be long for this world either . |
| 10 | When this imperceptible metamorphosis took place , it would not be long before another marriage was arranged . |
| 11 | In fact , since the increase in income has slowed down , induced investment will actually fall and it will not be long before this causes income itself to fall via the multiplier . |
| 12 | I had said that the world in 1984 will not be much like that in Orwell 's novel . |
| 13 | it 's better than fucking better be being late than not being there at all . |
| 14 | Nothing else has changed ; I have n't been here since that day a week after Clare died , and it had the same muddily washed-out look about it then . |
| 15 | ‘ He has n't been here for some time , ’ Hari answered . |
| 16 | No they have n't been here at all . |
| 17 | You bozos do n't seem to realise it but if we had n't been there at that Florence Conference , would not be in the leading position it currently holds with the commission to guarantee further funds and to create a positive role for Britain in Europe with the commission to wuk look at the issues that are gon na come up in 1993 . |
| 18 | have n't been there for many years |
| 19 | I had n't been there for more than a minute when the skipper bellowed : ‘ This is melanoma country , mate . |
| 20 | The couple next door said she had n't been there for several days . |
| 21 | We would n't be here at all if we were n't handy in a pinch . |
| 22 | I really should n't be here at all |
| 23 | You wo n't be here at all ? |
| 24 | And old Sue wo n't be here at half past eleven , half past twelve hurry up . |
| 25 | just about to go in his room erm Will 's study you know he said , you know , bit late to go knocking on the window , this is the boys ' area er er you know , you should n't be here at this time of night , this is the boys ' area . |
| 26 | They probably wo n't be around at all . |
| 27 | It was true , but Wycliffe remembered Emily Pascoe 's words : ‘ … delicate ; you could see she would n't be long for this world . ’ |
| 28 | And I 'll tell you something else — ’ she paused , went to the oven , took out a tin holding roast potatoes , flicked them over expertly and put the tin back in the oven before she continued , ‘ She wo n't be long in that school , she 's a way ahead ; and you know what ? ’ |
| 29 | And I 'll bet it wo n't be long before that happens . |
| 30 | I think er it wo n't be long before that goes I think . |