Example sentences of "[not/n't] a [noun sg] it [is] " in BNC.

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1 an used to be called metermarism and I say , it 's not a word it 's not a term I 've seen on for many many years and you do n't seen it many erm modern organic texts .
2 The trouble with the American red , it 's a , it 's , it 's not a maroon it 's a
3 It 's not a thistle it 's a er
4 It 's not a culvert it 's two pipes that takes the water in ordinary times , ordinary river level , across the road but if there is heavy rain the ford , you 'll find that the ford will be always flooded so er it wo n't be alleviating th the flooding of the , of that part of the road .
5 It 's not a cinema it 's the Mercury Theatre .
6 It 's not a verb it 's just the
7 Not a clue it 's
8 But of course profit 's one thing , and income 's another thing , and I think the problem with most er forms of income type investment is that we spend it , it 's not a problem it 's just , it just happens .
9 A pad , it 's it 's not a pad it 's an actual hole .
10 There are promising off-stage noises , heading in the right direction , if it 's not a missile it 's coffee as just been pointed out .
11 Which is ten a side so it 's not a physical it 's more a running game .
12 Okay , let's swap over , what I want you to remember is it 's not a conversation it 's not the try not to get into a conversation what we 're trying to do is we 're trying to stick to one person 's trying to stick to their point the other person 's trying to take them off it , okay ?
13 It 's a cat entails It 's not a dog It 's a carnation entails It 's not a rose John is the one who is walking entails John is not the one who is running John is near the building entails John is not in the building
14 It 's not a common it is n't a common problem at all that .
15 Well it 's not a lot it 's only really the length which is different is n't it ?
16 Not a guess it 's
17 But this victimization against some members of this union is not an act it 's not an act of a modern trade union leader .
18 Oh no not an alarm it 's it 's be too expensive , no just an internal bell to frighten the hell out of them .
19 This ai n't a pen it 's a piece of plastic .
20 it 's in first Corinthians , it talks about for , I think I 'm in a vision of the third heaven , which was actually a vision , it was n't a reality it 's like a revelation was a vision , I do n't think it was the reality of heaven was it ?
21 watched a documentary on it the other night and he said even by kicking someone now , if you do n't have n't , is n't an accident it 's like kissing someone you
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