Example sentences of "it be n't the [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 | But as I think people always say at such a time as this , it is n't the way you think it is . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ It is n't the way you imagine . |
| 5 | ‘ It is n't the work I mind … it is n't even having to clean him up … ’ |
| 6 | Erm it is n't the doctors you see that are awkward . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ It is n't the drunkard who writes the drinking song ’ : he knew that . |
| 9 | If there 's any trouble , it is n't the villager who finds himself before the court , but the Romany . ’ |
| 10 | It is n't the soldier we have to fear . |
| 11 | ‘ But it was n't the sort of business the family company had grown up with , and it was n't the direction it wanted to go . |
| 12 | It was n't the things it was people . |
| 13 | It was n't the things you go fishing with , it was a s solid cane of er not hollow , and er I never knew him have another one . |
| 14 | Most ( 67 per cent ) said ‘ no ’ ; that it was n't the tasks themselves which were difficult . |
| 15 | She leaned heavily on the word ‘ both ’ and Gina knew it was n't the puppy she meant . |
| 16 | And I can tell you , it was n't the butler what done it . ’ |
| 17 | No well it was n't the scheme he worked on , he would go round and sort your cooker or you know he was that , maintenance , the maintenance side . |
| 18 | It 's alright it was n't the vet it was your grandmother . |
| 19 | ‘ It was n't the litigation we would lose that was the problem , ’ he said at the time . |
| 20 | It was n't the question she had meant to ask . |
| 21 | ‘ Oh , it was n't the case I was worried about . |
| 22 | But I have to say that at that time I still did n't know , I had a good idea , that it was n't the man we were looking for but therefore he was still arrested and he was arrested on sus well for harbouring an escapee . |
| 23 | It was n't the sound she had heard before but something quite different . |
| 24 | so it was n't the fact I was trying to lose too much speed , it was that I changed into first and did n't have |
| 25 | and it sounded as though it was on the railway but it was n't the railway it was a big factory at the side . |
| 26 | It was n't the egotism she feared that told her none of the others would understand just what the program was , or its significance . |
| 27 | It was n't the alcohol you thought would hit me … ‘ |