Example sentences of "it be n't [art] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It were n't the way everyone said an ’ thought it was , you see , not by a long chalk . |
| 2 | It were n't the dog I locked in the tractor-shed , that 's all I know . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ It is n't every man who approves of women having ambition , ’ Ashley remarked a touch cryptically — for when she had been made a director several of her male colleagues had found it very hard to handle . |
| 4 | It is n't every day you hear |
| 5 | It is n't every day you run away from home . |
| 6 | ‘ I mean , it is n't every day you get the chance to view your old man 's corpse , is it ? |
| 7 | I joked ; ‘ It is n't every day I have the pleasure of being in a lady 's bedroom . ‘ |
| 8 | While one can sympathise with those experienced types who would probably benefit more from putting their feet up on Wednesday night , one has to say it is n't every night you get the chance to pit your wits against the world champions . |
| 9 | It is n't a thought I like , myself , ’ she admitted . |
| 10 | I think that 's probably not the case , it is n't a person we 're transferring over , it 's a bit better than that , it 's a post , which means that Matthew can advertise with a particular emphasis on food background . |
| 11 | And certainly it is n't a technique you would be likely to use frequently . |
| 12 | From Cambridge it is , yes , er that 's actually one of its great strengths , because it is n't a thing which has been revised and added on to , it is completely new , and before we actually made it , our editor , David Crystal , er actually is probably the only person in the world to have sat and read through from cover to cover four other encyclopaedias , to find out what was wrong with them , how they could be improved . |
| 13 | It is n't a swan I thought it was but I I do n't , hello , I do n't think it is . |
| 14 | But as I think people always say at such a time as this , it is n't the way you think it is . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ It is n't the way you imagine . |
| 16 | ‘ It is n't the work I mind … it is n't even having to clean him up … ’ |
| 17 | Erm it is n't the doctors you see that are awkward . |
| 18 | All I do know is that we 're very conscious a great deal of money 's been spent by the Council and by the Trust to try and make the place outside more inviting those tubs been put there er they been planted etc there 's a lot of litter there we 've put litter bins there there 's taxi rank there there 's lot 's of things been put there I think the problem is it is n't the people who do that I mean it 's the people who actually do the litter and it 's quite clear that we do go out we do tidy up but it happens and it 's a case of balance of what we can do and what you ca n't do but we do work at it I can assure you . |
| 19 | ‘ It is n't the drunkard who writes the drinking song ’ : he knew that . |
| 20 | If there 's any trouble , it is n't the villager who finds himself before the court , but the Romany . ’ |
| 21 | It is n't the soldier we have to fear . |
| 22 | No ; it was the romance of the whole thing that was getting to her ; after all , it was n't every day you were whisked away on a white charger … well , a modern car made a good substitute . |
| 23 | It was n't every day she got such a good-looking patient . |
| 24 | ‘ Thanks , although I suppose I ought to be thankful it was n't a kiwi you likened me to . ’ |
| 25 | " If it was n't a pill I could almost be certain of a taste and an odour of liver and bacon , and probably some onions . |
| 26 | It was n't a word she had used very often before . |
| 27 | The toilet was er at the back of what we used to call the brew house it was n't a kitchen it was a brew house , and er the , the toilet was at the back of the brew house adjacent to the old ash pit , which was an ash pit in those days it was filled up and when it was filled , they used to come at night and empty the ash pit wheel up the entry it might be there for three or four months and you got flies , bluebottles all sorts in the hot weather you know , I could n't try my shoes on sometimes , but er it was a bit , well I suppose in those days they used to take it for granted , it was a bit primitive it was n't the best five houses in the area , but er |
| 28 | ‘ It was n't a decision we agonised over , it was made on the hoof at about 10 o'clock at night . |
| 29 | It was n't a Ford it was Japanese |
| 30 | Of course this might be the brother , but it was n't a question he felt like asking . |