Example sentences of "n't be the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had n't been the best of weekends . |
| 2 | So OK , she had n't been the best dinner companion in the world that evening , but she had n't asked him to take her out , he had asked her . |
| 3 | Vanessa had n't been the first woman to indulge his taste in hand-made shirts and silk waistcoats , nor would she be the last . |
| 4 | But perhaps they had n't been the righteous . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh yes , there have n't been the spectacular rises of the first few years , but we could guarantee a growth figure which more than copes with inflation . |
| 6 | It had n't been the greatest operation anyway , because it seemed that Jenner and Professor Liawski had some big argument around ‘ seventy-nine . ’ |
| 7 | They have n't been the sole centre of attention — no one is . |
| 8 | The literati and the US army had n't been the only imports into Europe from across the Atlantic . |
| 9 | But we have n't been the only ones to combat that , there have been white lesbians as well who have taken offence at that particularly say working class white lesbians or white lesbians with disabilities who have also felt that particular issues affecting them have been marginalised . |
| 10 | She had n't been the only one to be quietly expelled from the eminently respectable boarding school after being caught smoking cannabis . |
| 11 | ‘ I know I have n't been the perfect father , but hell , you have n't been the perfect mother either . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I know I have n't been the perfect father , but hell , you have n't been the perfect mother either . ’ |
| 13 | Being a West Indian spinner in recent years has n't been the safest of occupations , but Roger Harper played throughout the 1984 series . |
| 14 | Those shoes , they had n't been the running kind . |
| 15 | That had n't been The Last Straw ; far from it . |
| 16 | He said : ‘ I do n't know why but he has n't been the same player since coming back from Wembley . ’ |
| 17 | Yes , things have n't been the same since Fred fell down the cellar steps and broke his neck " |
| 18 | Mavis has done her best , but it has n't been the same . ’ |
| 19 | well we used to come in here before went and that has n't been the same at night cos it got a bit so he 'd say excuse me , love there 's ladies present here ca n't have that . |
| 20 | The elation he 'd felt the day before at his own breathtaking adventure with the Moi girl now also seemed suddenly shameful to him , and he began to wonder if his exaggerated pride in the deed had n't been the direct cause of the danger in which he and his mother had suddenly found themselves on the plain . |
| 21 | Although I do n't think it 's impossible that it ca n't be the other way , that two people ca n't grow toward each other . |
| 22 | The new Tescos wo n't be the other way will it ? |
| 23 | Now because of these two problems we violate er a couple of assumptions of ordinary lease squares right , and as a result , the upshot of this is that we get biased estimates of our parameters A B C and D , right , they will be biased and also they wo n't have the minimum variants property right , they wo n't be the best estimators you , the statistics you talk about blue estimates , best linear and biased alright . |
| 24 | It wo n't be the greatest place you 've ever lived , I know , but at least it 's going to be dry and … ’ |
| 25 | And it would n't be the greatest shock if Bowe proved me wrong by recording a knockout as fast as Lewis 's at Earl 's Court . |
| 26 | ‘ Brick Kiln Farm ca n't be the right place for an operation like this , ’ he said . |
| 27 | Politics probably wo n't be the right carrot , in this case . |
| 28 | Yes because what happens when you 've got just a very thin L , the magic E can even work through it , U , right , so it will be jugle , yeah , jugle , that would n't be the right pronunciation at all , okay , let's go on to the next one |
| 29 | I mean otherwise he should n't be the Managing Director , he should n't be the Chairman of the Board . |
| 30 | I have a feeling I wo n't be the only one dropping them a line . |