Example sentences of "n't be [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I mean , she would n't be capable of … ’ her mouth became a tight bunch of disgust , ‘ your … unnatural practices . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Court dress is sombre , but black need n't be dull at all . |
| 3 | ‘ Da would n't be pleased at that . ’ |
| 4 | Please , do n't be mean to her on my behalf . |
| 5 | At last I asked Terry ; I knew he would n't be contemptuous of my ignorance . |
| 6 | This guy just said , ‘ I can bring it here first thing in the morning in a carrier bag , and do n't be clever by saying that you do n't want it . ’ |
| 7 | If I had any children to send to those good schools in Highgate , even they would n't be asleep by now . ’ |
| 8 | I knew she would n't be asleep after what you 've been putting her through . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ We do n't believe that the proposal will affect the site of Dedham Vale ; most of it wo n't be visible from the roads , ’ he said . |
| 10 | But I would very much hope that it wo n't be necessary for interest rates to go up any higher than necessary . ’ |
| 11 | The bathplug ( which legend says is nonexistent in Russia ) would n't be necessary at Sporthotel Gudauri itself , a new 4-star hotel with tennis courts , sauna , jacuzzi , swimming pool and bowling alley . |
| 12 | ‘ Oh , no , Dad , that wo n't be necessary at all . ’ |
| 13 | They say it would n't be necessary at all if farmers used less chemical fertilisers on their land . |
| 14 | This wo n't be necessary in the case of societies that give you one redemption figure applicable whenever the mortgage is redeemed during the month for which the figure is given . |
| 15 | But it wo n't be good for the party . ’ |
| 16 | This ca n't be good for him , thought Denis , and he remembered the story he had read of an old man in England , although younger than Uncle Mick was now , who lined up to receive the very first old age pension ever issued in England and dropped down dead as soon as his money was passed over the counter to him . |
| 17 | This would only make for higher scores which ca n't be good for the game . |
| 18 | That would n't be good for the baby , would it ? |
| 19 | Darling , that ca n't be good for you . |
| 20 | Being so uptight all the while ca n't be good for you . |
| 21 | It ca n't be good for you surely , to — ? ’ |
| 22 | It 's too hot and it would n't be good for you and you would hardly look very impressive with a great bandage twined round your ankle like the beginnings of a mummifying session . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Apart from burn-out , working such long hours ca n't be good for you . |
| 24 | It ca n't be good for morale coming at the beginning of the school holidays . |
| 25 | and erm , it ca n't be good for your health |
| 26 | C.Z. is an expert , if self-effacing gardener , ‘ But my god , you ca n't be good at everything . |
| 27 | You wo n't be pregnant for too much longer , and anyway surgical techniques in preventing blindness due to proliferative retinophathy are advancing all the time . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Or woman — do n't be sexist about it , Paul . ’ |
| 29 | It should n't affect most of them , because manufacturers tend to use disks made in the US , which wo n't be subject to duty , and the EC ’ . |
| 30 | We could n't be married without their consent . ’ |