Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [adj] he [verb] n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | Faye went on , ‘ You 're quite sure he does n't love you ? ’ |
| 2 | So you 're quite sure he has n't gone in the other rooms then ? |
| 3 | I 'm so thankful he has n't come to any harm . |
| 4 | I 'm just surprised he did n't claim to be one of the boyos . ’ |
| 5 | Daddy kept rather obviously bestirring himself to mind about my exams and piling up my desk with secondary stuff I 've no time for — I do n't want to read literary criticism yet , almost at all , and I 'm damned sure he does n't smother his clever boys with it . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm quite sure he did n't , ’ Miss Honey said . |
| 7 | I 'm pretty sure he does n't exist in the way I was taught he did , when I was young . |
| 8 | I 'm pretty certain he has n't been married . ’ |
| 9 | He told his literary friends that their stories and poems were so awful he did n't know what to say about them or how to get through the scheduled hour . |
| 10 | His spirits were so high he did n't detect the chill of fear in Lucy . |
| 11 | Ludlum 's so wealthy he has n't had to write anything for three years ! ’ |
| 12 | If you were part of the trust meetings and saw the degree of work that he does do regularly on our behalf it is quite considerable he does n't do it for nothing ! |
| 13 | It is quite clear he does n't have a clue about the keys . |
| 14 | He was so pissed he did n't notice . |
| 15 | ‘ The priest was so preoccupied he did n't see the van and was heading up the ramp when I stopped him . ’ |
| 16 | It was so quick he did n't even have time to scream . |
| 17 | He did n't know or care whether Dickens liked this stuff , but he was damned certain he did n't . |
| 18 | He tried to be nice about it , but it was fairly obvious he did n't want me any more ; and truthfully , I did n't want him any more either , except in so far that I could n't bear that it should all have been for nothing — worse than nothing . |
| 19 | Mr Litmus was quite certain he had n't and knew none of the other teachers had either . |
| 20 | It was hard to be certain but she was pretty sure he had n't , and she imagined she must have assumed he was on duty at the hospital . |
| 21 | Still , I was n't being paid — I 'd resisted Edward 's offer of money ; I was pretty sure he did n't have much and , for the moment , I did n't need it . |
| 22 | He said something — I forget what , but it was pretty clear he did n't trust me . |
| 23 | I was very disappointed he did n't have anything of his to show me . |
| 24 | All through this time he hardly had any painkillers as it was very important he did n't feel that he could use his leg before it was strong enough . |