Example sentences of "[verb] i [be] n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some soldier saw me , realized I was n't a real major and I suppose he thought I was impersonating an officer or whatever . |
| 2 | The man who measured me — he had red hair , I remember — lingered over my inside leg and when he realized I was n't going to object , gave me a comprehensive fondling . |
| 3 | Do you think I was n't aware of you every moment of that interminable dinner ? |
| 4 | I had a similar experience in the vestibule of the BBC with an interviewee from the Festival of Light who was declaiming the sins of magazines with open-crotch poses so loudly that I had to pretend I was n't with him . |
| 5 | Being quite educated and articulate I was n't the sort of prisoner they expected , even though as there are more drug offenders there are more and more women like me . |
| 6 | It was Lewis who had asked the question , and Ashenden turned in his chair to face him : ‘ Are you suggesting I was n't there ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I saw Kylie do the Stock/Aitken/Waterman thing and Jason went down that same road , and I realised I was n't going to do anything musical while I was with Neighbours , because Kylie and Jason were just copping flak from everywhere . |
| 8 | She lives in a field with some others , and when she walked towards me I realised I was n't properly prepared , and found myself saying , ‘ How do you say hello to a pig ? ’ |
| 9 | After we all clambered off the bus and entered the school I started to become a bit more relaxed as I realised I was n't the only person there who had butterflies as big as eagles in their stomachs . |
| 10 | Before then , yes , we must of bought it when we moved in cos I , I mean I was n't without a bed |
| 11 | You have to clean a lot of brasses , but I mean I was n't gon na be put off . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's all right , ’ she said hastily , ‘ I did n't — I mean I was n't … ’ |
| 13 | I was taken here but at the time I mean I was n't one of the really seriously burnt , I mean I was still conscious and I was still walking around . |
| 14 | And it was just me arm and me hand and me face that were were burnt and and at that the time I mean I was n't in any pain and I think there was more serious ones to be dealt with . |
| 15 | ‘ I mean I was n't there , ’ Paul says . |
| 16 | I mean I was n't sure how things stood … ’ |
| 17 | Well I 'm not stupid , I mean I was n't stu , when I was at the junior schools in the country I was n't stupid |
| 18 | I mean I was n't born until nineteen thirty and I mean I I I can remember Jim well so he did n't die until probably nineteen forty . |
| 19 | Yeah I mean I was n't expecting anything like er erm like him being a nice person to me ever again but it was fun |
| 20 | Cos I mean I was n't with her that long . |
| 21 | She goes I was n't ! |
| 22 | Why did I just know I was n't going to like this ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ No , I 'm not , and if you knew the first damn thing about Accident and Emergency you would know I was n't ! ’ she snapped . |
| 24 | I do n't know I was n't listening |
| 25 | I think Sam accidentally kicked Hannah , or kicked Hannah I do n't know I was n't there , but he came flying down , really got to curb that child he said , I said I beg your pardon , he said you 've got to curb that child kicking Hannah , I said if I 'd seen him kick her , he said that well I 'm not sure that he actually kicked her it might have been an accident |
| 26 | I do n't know I was n't there , you was talking to Sandy over the fence . |
| 27 | I do n't know I was n't there when mummy |
| 28 | I expect I was n't paying attention . |
| 29 | So I phoned her last Nancy phoned me last Friday afternoon before she went on holiday to tell me , and I phoned I was n't sure whether just to sort of play it low key or then I thought , Well I know I really should just give here a wee ring . |
| 30 | He really you know made me feel I say I were n't sat there like I was with that fella thinking well he do n't seem to know what he 's saying anyway . |