Example sentences of "i be n't [vb pp] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was pleased to be sitting here with a strong drink , pleased that I was n't staked out on the basement floor , playing the romantic lead in a snuff movie . |
| 2 | " Oswin said I was n't cut out to be a nun . |
| 3 | ‘ What a set-up for a young lass when her father must n't be told she goes to a dance , ’ said Lizzie , which brought forth from Peggy the sharp and quizzical retort , ‘ Remember , Mam , when I was fifteen I was n't allowed out at all after six o'clock unless you were with me . ’ |
| 4 | The building , the staff and the food were wonderful , but I was n't allowed out of the front door on my own . |
| 5 | I was n't brought up to be useful . |
| 6 | Although I was n't brought up in the Jewish faith — my mother would n't hear of it — he still passed on to me all those standards that were part of his own upbringing and would never tolerate what he from time to time described as my ‘ unacceptable behaviour ’ . |
| 7 | I was n't put off by the fact that Jo had told me not to call or see her . |
| 8 | " Oh do n't get the wrong idea — I was n't driven on to the streets through grief , or nothing like that . |
| 9 | ‘ I wanted to do dance and drama , because I was n't pulled enough by drama on its own . |