Example sentences of "n't [be] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | As any mother will tell you , it has n't been one jot less exhausting and emotionally draining to live with a morose , depressed , melodramatic , self-obsessed exam-taker this year than any other year . |
2 | There was always that about Mario , that if he had n't been one hell of a racing driver , you still would have wanted to talk to him ; and that , although he was one hell of a racing driver , you still preferred to talk to him about other matters . |
3 | . There has n't been one game we 've been there that he has n't or both of them have n't . |
4 | His three sons are cathedral choristers : ‘ There have n't been three brothers together in the choir for about 12 years , ’ he says , with some pride . |
5 | Just as there ca n't be one law for the rich , one for the poor , there ca n't be one law for men , one for doctors . |
6 | Just as there ca n't be one law for the rich , one for the poor , there ca n't be one law for men , one for doctors . |
7 | That ca n't be twelve pounds surely , it 's slightly imperfect , twelve pounds each oh well at least we 've looked have n't we ? |
8 | but I mean if it was sort of about s s five yards , it would n't be five yards by three yards . |
9 | I 'm only gon na get it four foot deep with it anyway it would n't be four foot deep all over , it 'll start off at two foot and then slightly slope down to the deep part |
10 | Greatest , is the end of the line , there ca n't be two greatests . |
11 | I wo n't be two ticks . ’ |
12 | Nan you 'll love why do n't you go back and watch your programme and have a sit down and we wo n't be two ticks eating these . |
13 | with Grace but , I 'm also down to read at St.Joseph 's and Father tells me there wo n't be two masses on Ash Wednesday . |
14 | But what can I do , I ca n't be two places at once |
15 | ‘ I wo n't be ten minutes , ’ replied Oliver eagerly , and he ran out into the street . |
16 | You ca n't be three times Where 's tonight gone ? |