Example sentences of "[verb] it [be] n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | How do you know it is n't on ? |
| 2 | I did n't know exactly where Leicester Square was , but 1 did know it was n't far from Piccadilly , I had seen it in one of those tourist maps I had in my hand a short while ago , did n't know where it went , probably left it in the cinema showing the explicit sex film which was n't . |
| 3 | ‘ How do you know it was n't , Liam ? ’ called out Tim from the side bar . |
| 4 | I mean , I did n't know it was n't . |
| 5 | As they went down , he asked : ‘ When he called , how did you know it was n't me ? ’ |
| 6 | In any case , they do n't know it was n't true . |
| 7 | How do you know it was n't the other way around ? ’ |
| 8 | Pity it is n't real really in n it ? |
| 9 | Pity it was n't his severed head she was going to view ! |
| 10 | Pity it was n't in the national newspapers because my lawyer said I could have retired on the proceeds . |
| 11 | it was the same in the second half … the save of the game stopped an equaliser from Joey Beauchamp … and after that well the United players just had to accept it was n't going to be their day … |
| 12 | My father just pretended it was n't happening . |
| 13 | I wondered what would happen if I ignored the call or pretended it was n't me , but I had a strong feeling that they knew it was me . |
| 14 | Last night he had to put new plugs in , they were brand new before he crashed it were n't they ? |
| 15 | Well that 's cos he moved it was n't it ? |
| 16 | When Jason gives some of the money back , which he should n't have , you say it is n't enough . |
| 17 | No , no , thank you very much , it 's all right , he is n't badly hurt , a sprained ankle , and they say it is n't serious , but it does mean he ca n't come north yet … ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Say it is n't so ! ’ |
| 19 | Say it is n't true ! |
| 20 | And Ballymoney college chiefs say it is n't a case of horses for courses . |
| 21 | Now from what you say it is n't as simple as that at all . |
| 22 | Erm I think we 're er er we 're quite clear at the moment that the correct erm interpretation of it from our point of view is as a fixed asset investment and unless something changes in the er constitution of the company , erm although it may be erm the guiding thing become profitable I think one 's got to play by the rules and the rules at the moment say it is n't one . |
| 23 | The meaning is not in the words it 's in the way you say it is n't it ? |
| 24 | ‘ If these notes say it was n't , then it was n't , ’ insisted the other . |
| 25 | You say it was n't by the Lock . |
| 26 | As enforcement of water pollution regulations places demands on polluters of time , manpower , and money , one of the basic premises informing routine pollution control work is the assumption that every discharger has a substantial economic incentive to evade enforcement : ‘ Everyone will try to get out of it , or say it was n't them . ’ |
| 27 | When you say it was n't as effective , in what what sense was n't it as effective . |
| 28 | Say it was n't my fault , I coughed |
| 29 | Fuck her I was drinking stout on Saturday night and normally do n't do it because we 've simply no money ! on the vodka and say it was n't even enough to buy a carry out but do n't say it unless she says she was here ! |
| 30 | People climb the staircase only to find it is n't a staircase at all . |