Example sentences of "n't [Wh det] they [modal v] to " in BNC.
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1 | FINGS ai n't wot they used to be department : The recent ministerial reshuffle has stripped the rather snobby Home Office of three Old Etonians — Hurd , Renton and Hogg . |
2 | Hollywood Indians are n't what they used to be . |
3 | HARD men ai n't what they used to be ! |
4 | FINS ai n't what they used to be for Doug Laughton and Graeme Souness |
5 | ‘ Well , ’ said Dracula , ‘ fangs ai n't what they used to be ! ’ |
6 | Because of his principles he had n't served in the Forces and they 'd made him do labouring jobs instead , so that now his hands were n't what they used to be either . |
7 | ‘ Fings ai n't what they used to be , ’ sang Max Bygraves . |
8 | Spies ai n't what they used to be |