Example sentences of "n't [adv] [vb base] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A shortage of cash does n't necessarily equate with a shortage of style . |
| 2 | erm My ears pricked up when Mr Waterhouse did in fact say , I though he said that it was n't necessarily help in monetary terms , but some of these people might be willing to help in kind , or in sort of helping as people with some voluntary organisations , and I think , if that was what he meant , I think there again that might be very useful , because voluntary organisations are always looking for people to help . |
| 3 | Sandy Wagner , coordinator of computer curriculum in Santa Clara County , says computers are n't much help without trained teachers . |
| 4 | ‘ So he had n't much fight in him ? ’ |
| 5 | But poisoned meat is n't much use to anybody , is it ? ’ |
| 6 | The picture that emerged was unflattering ; but it was n't much use to an aspiring blackmailer . |
| 7 | ‘ Did n't want to leave my mum , but she was n't much use to me — he treats her like dirt , knocks her about . |
| 8 | Old people are n't much use in a war . |
| 9 | THE TROUBLE with all this ‘ comeback ’ and ‘ reunion ’ malarkey is it can often destroy a band 's reputation or , worse still , make you realise they were n't much cop in the first place . |
| 10 | Hodai , your arrows have n't enough spline for use with my bow . |
| 11 | The loos at Caernarvon Castle were once nominated for an award but , nice as they are , the place is n't exactly flush with conveniences — again , men get a better deal . |
| 12 | ‘ A slap in the face does n't exactly amount to grievous bodily harm , does it ? |
| 13 | There 's a pleasing roughness to proceedings which one would n't instantly equate with the Muses ' ( supposedly ) more careful instincts . |
| 14 | It was so loud and so deep it was n't really sound at all , just something that turned the air hard and then hit you with it . |
| 15 | This is n't even pop about pop , this is fop about pop . |
| 16 | But did n't there have to be something out there , just to witness , just to know ? |
| 17 | I I can not see that it can have because it was n't actually put to him but he did mention twice in his judgement that he was aware of this new material and as Neil Bennet said , we 'll have to wait and see what that is . |