Example sentences of "[pron] be n't [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well yours is n't down for today . |
| 2 | But I 'm awfully glad I was n't around for the city 's arrival . |
| 3 | I was n't backstage for all the police inquiries , and I really would like to know , ’ he appealed pathetically . |
| 4 | I was n't in for drugs , so I did n't get that treatment . |
| 5 | I , I , I mean I do n't know , I was n't there for half the things she was talking about last night , I mean I was upstairs for three quarters of an hour trying to go to sleep |
| 6 | And it was a you know it was a great happiness and release to shed a million other activities and flying in all directions thinking the acting was n't enough and I was n't enough for acting . |
| 7 | The main problem I encountered concerned the 1Mb of on-board RAM , which was n't enough for the more complicated graphics output . |
| 8 | Yeah oh yeah I did n't work anywhere else in Willenhall at all , and erm but we 'd got to be in for seven o'clock and if erm you were n't in for seven o'clock and sometimes I used to hear the bell began ringing when I got to go around the corner and get into the , but you had to wait a quarter of an hour before they would let you in and that was stopped off your money and my wage was eight and fourpence a week . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , she was n't around for very long . |
| 10 | Half the facts are wrong , we were n't there for fucking carnival . |
| 11 | Afterwards , Gloria had said , ‘ That grass were clipped flat so there were n't nowhere for a running man to hide . ’ |
| 12 | You ca n't hollow it , because there is n't anywhere for it to hollow into . ’ |
| 13 | Unfortunately it meant that there was n't enough for the consultant to do to keep him out of her way , and every time she turned round she almost fell over him . |
| 14 | It is n't just for kids . |
| 15 | ‘ Ah , but it is n't just for supper for Rose , is it ? |
| 16 | It is n't simply for financial reasons either . |
| 17 | It is n't now for the rest nobody has got them . |
| 18 | And it is n't enough for us to identify with our self , it is necessary to do so passionately , to the point of life and death . |
| 19 | It is n't enough for you , and I hate you for it , and I want you to go before you decide to leave me , and I love you , and how am I expected to stand being cooped up with him . |
| 20 | In the end it was n't just for me but for those I wanted to share my life with . |
| 21 | It was n't just for idleness that you came to ask about that rapscallion , was it ? |
| 22 | He paused , but it was n't just for effect . |
| 23 | But it was n't quite for nothing . |
| 24 | It was n't enough for her , after spending the day on her own , hoovering , shopping and running the washing machine , so she said , for me to retell a couple of jokes from the Telegraph diary . |
| 25 | Though there was some subtle flirtation between us it was n't enough for me . |
| 26 | It was n't enough for him to have to learn a series of speeches that no one else was expected to begin to comprehend , but he was also deputed to be Dame Edith 's guardian angel . |
| 27 | It was n't only for her sake and the care she would have . |
| 28 | It was n't specially for you his smile , just around you and about you . |
| 29 | He was n't enough for her ; she slept with many others . |
| 30 | She was out yesterday about oh sorry , he 's querying the arrears , he said he was n't there for what , two months ? |