Example sentences of "[modal v] n't [verb] it be [pron] " in BNC.

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1 What I meant was , you could n't prove it was my writing because I did n't write it . ’
2 At first he could n't believe it was hers .
3 Even as Philip pushed the boy to the ground he could n't believe it was him that was doing it .
4 He still could n't believe it was him .
5 Pointing to the box on the bed , she continued to stare at herself as though she could n't believe it was her .
6 When a few minutes later , amid the oohs and aahs from the three women , she stood and looked at the person staring back at her from the long mirror , she could n't believe it was herself .
7 US Cup press officer Jim Trecker says : ‘ If you did n't know the story , you would n't think it was anything out of the ordinary , it looks just like a plain grass field .
8 We would n't know it were we shown .
9 But if you just ca n't manage it 's her fault !
10 I ca n't remember it was it was n't very dramatic .
11 I ca n't say it 's something I 've found easy to do .
12 You can see that modern health care has made no difference , so you ca n't say it was anything to do with health care .
13 I think a lot of people are just , you know , I 'm not getting involved in them , they might belt me one , walk away , anyway you ca n't blame them , sad , people ca n't , people ca n't say it were you and your boy , you know , leave that , leave that alone or else I 'll go and get a policeman , the fear of them
14 I ca n't believe it 's you .
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