Example sentences of "[verb] he [be] n't [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clarke ( 24 ) , who suffered from this ailment before , says he is n't unduly worried . |
| 2 | Oh , my word , she thought , as , though he favoured her with a fond look , the cool calculating gleam in Naylor 's eyes showed he was n't too impressed to have landed himself such a devoted fiancée . |
| 3 | Philip reckoned he was n't as big as him but you could n't have told what age he was . |
| 4 | It grated with him when people insinuated he was n't really British . |
| 5 | The narrator ca n't be sure but guesses he was n't even aware of the existence of the flowers . |
| 6 | ‘ I know he was n't too popular with everyone in the parish . |
| 7 | Then she thought , " Suppose he is n't quite dead ? " |
| 8 | when she , this man was n't very well on , she saw him up at her window and she saw he was n't very well on the other side of the road and she sent down to ask him to come in and she gave him a cup of tea and everything and she was talking |
| 9 | ‘ Well , I must admit he was n't so keen to start with , ’ Jackie said . |
| 10 | ‘ In fact , I bet he was n't much prettier when he was alive . ’ |
| 11 | I mean he was n't very strict with them . |
| 12 | Then she remembered he was n't even supposed to be there , and the faint smile playing about her lips vanished . |
| 13 | He stank of alcohol , and she hoped he was n't too drunk . |
| 14 | Walking towards it , he yawned again , and hoped he was n't too exhausted to cope with whatever might follow Alexandra 's arrival in his flat . |
| 15 | Yeah he did n't really care he was n't too bothered but at least that 's what he said at one point |
| 16 | Orton wrote to Williams hoping he was n't too upset . |