Example sentences of "[coord] be n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't mind , really , what you are or are n't . |
| 2 | ‘ Are you going to let that dog out or are n't you ? ’ said the man , taking Lee by the shoulder . |
| 3 | The Kylie and Jason ‘ Are they or are n't they in love ? ’ riddle reached its most bewildering moment in September 1988 when she claimed in a woman 's magazine that … |
| 4 | Mother says : People only lose because they 're not strong enough , not because they do n't want to fight or are n't good at fighting . |
| 5 | By the way , have you made out your list yet — or are n't we giving any presents this year ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Well , are you or are n't you ? |
| 7 | Or are n't we ? ’ |
| 8 | Or are n't the police knowing yet ? ’ |
| 9 | Or are n't you interested ? |
| 10 | Supposing that chefs and scullery lads are still alive , have n't fled , or are n't all pressed into service to boil up synthdiet for all those refugees . |
| 11 | Adding to the ‘ are they or are n't they ’ downsizing dispute , Hewlett-Packard Co 's UK marketing manager , Nick Earle , claims users are not so much ditching their mainframes wholesale as running core applications on mainframes and installing others on mid-range systems . |
| 12 | ‘ Can I help you off with your coat , or are n't you stopping ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Are you going to tell me what 's up , or are n't you ? |
| 14 | ‘ Are you going to tell me or are n't you ? ’ |
| 15 | Or are n't you ? |
| 16 | And equally I presume you 've also got some form of mineral protection zones or are n't they relevant in the context of the area of search . |
| 17 | We do need to appoint our representative , or are n't , we have n't reached the Whitchurch initiative yet ? |
| 18 | Are you gon na come and put me to bed or are n't you ? |
| 19 | Or are n't you bothered ? |
| 20 | I 'm still trying to find the conclusion , are you leaving or are n't you ? |
| 21 | Now it 's perfectly now the cost er the benefits from sort of marketing right to buy is really very , very dubious erm the government has shown time and again that what it takes then gives with one hand , it takes away with another and the costs are obvious , we are fragmenting our housing stock , we are putting it , we are likely to end up with more and more with a higher proportion of poor properties and erm there 's also the risk that if we do really have to be promoting right to buy we 're going to have people who are probably not sure whether they can afford to buy their house or are n't sure whether they even want to buy their house . |
| 22 | Erm so I think we 've got ta look at that right across the board though , we 've got ta know that in actual fact we 're covering it temporarily , erm or are n't we covering it temporarily . |
| 23 | I mean if somebody rings you up and says How much will it cost ? if it 's er a sort of full removal you 're doing , you say Well are you packing or are n't you ? |
| 24 | Well you 'll see that in that apology Milton appears to be conscious of the very point that I am trying to make , that is to say it might be considered out of place in this prose work to speak of myself in direct factual terms , although a poet — a poet intending to write of things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme — a poet soaring in the high region of his fancies , with his garland and singing robes about him , in other words where we ca n't or are n't really invited to make out his individual identity very clearly because it is his role as poet that concerns us , there he clearly feels it would be proper . |
| 25 | Men are aware of their sexuality in a way they previously were n't , or were n't supposed to be . |
| 26 | Maybe they were n't antique , or were n't in fashion : anyway , as usual , she had no luck . |
| 27 | We teachers need actually to say to the children that they are going to enjoy the work that day , that it will be interesting , and that they are going to know or be able to do things at the end of the day that they did n't know or were n't able to do before . |
| 28 | If they did n't run fast enough , or were n't tough enough , then there were always others . |
| 29 | Maybe they all wanted a rest , or did n't rate the £550,000 prize-money , or were n't offered a skins ' game as an enticement to attend . |
| 30 | For instance the , the doctors in the hospitals had a lot of work because people rushed into jogging who were n't fit for it or were n't doing it with the right conditions . |