Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [pers pn] [be] n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could have throttled Geoffrey , wriggling in where he was n't wanted . |
| 2 | The streets are n't cleaned often enough or they are n't cleaned at all . |
| 3 | It was strange to be driving against the press of people leaving the Jerez track , but she was hardly aware of her surroundings any more ; soon she 'd be seeing Ace again , and , in spite of his bitter attack on her before the race , at least she had known deep down that he was n't ready to part from her . |
| 4 | And , since her friends had known , but still let her walk right into it , Folly had decided impulsively that they were n't friends at all , and changed her plans . |
| 5 | So it 's not a big expense like you know so that we were n't spending the money on ourselves , it 's just needed in the house and needed for the kids like you know . |
| 6 | my Lord , er , er , in , in my submission the , the , the highest really could put their case is that if the matter were referred your Lordship simply did n't stay proceedings or permitted them for example to apply for interim payment or permitted them to take some procedural steps to pursue their action so that they were n't unduly delayed should they succeed at the end of the day and that would be a major concession because it would run against a normal rule cos on a reference the entire proceedings are stayed , that 's not a case just saying even if that is done , er that anybody is saying that particular measure is or is good is not good or may not be forced in the interim |
| 7 | and I wound her up so that she were n't too sure , do you know what I mean ? |
| 8 | He 'd then offered to come back with her , so that she was n't returning to an empty house alone , at which point — running out of soothing phrases and patience — she 'd told him that alone was exactly what she wanted to be . |
| 9 | She turned , suddenly uneasy in his company , so that she was n't facing him any more , and watched the stormy lake . |
| 10 | it , you know , it does have , it does have Government , Government support , so that it is n't , we 're not trying to do anything which erm , the Government is n't supporting as well . |
| 11 | so that it were n't even made sure that it did n't |
| 12 | The thing I learnt was to turn conflict round so that it was n't a negative thing , it was a cool thing . ’ |
| 13 | And you have some way of , of , of getting in , erm and you have some way of controlling access therefore into toilets , now I do n't know whether that would totally it , overcome the vandal system , but I mean if your saying a pass would n't be any different than a coin you could devise an entrance , so that it was n't , you know , so that what you would be doing is stopping having like the total open access all the time , you know , erm . |
| 14 | They the frame was er constructed on on er two trestles and , of course , er you put your trestles so that you could balance it , so that it was n't so heavy to lift . |
| 15 | But er , because we were , see we , I always had a uphill struggle for many years , so that it was n't er , tell you the truth I did n't erm devote much time towards the children , it is their own effort really that er they did very well . |
| 16 | But of course she told me that when they came there they were there to look after the place so that it was n't taken over , you know by anybody else , but she had a washing machine , the washing machine come in just after . |
| 17 | Or perhaps one might just narrow it a bit further than that and say well let's see how history is going in the first two years , or the O level history course , or something like that , and we would discuss well given that all these different people are involved in history or have a stake in it in some way , or are interested in it , and given that you 're only going to have a very limited amount of time to do anything in , how can you do something that would be genuinely useful to the school in looking at the history teaching and something that would have the support of the people involved so that it was n't threatening anybody but they felt there was something being genuinely helpful . |
| 18 | It was n't only that he was n't interested in her any longer . |
| 19 | You know they 're lying because you can see , not only that it is n't pitch dark , but that anyone who is n't blind can see that too . |
| 20 | ‘ Only that it was n't your first visit since my great-aunt 's death , ’ said Neil . |
| 21 | Only that it was n't the Army . |
| 22 | I knew all along that you were n't . |
| 23 | The general point here and I want to make is that er , these are n't officers ' promises these are the members ' promises and er , erm , we 've got to be careful that er when they 're all drawn together that we are n't making a hostage fortune , erm and so that I think it is very important members take aboard er what is suggested and test them themselves to see that they are realistic , I would also say that er as these promises are being considered by the various committees and I note a considerable variation in standards which will need to be addressed when the promises er , have come back to the Policy Committee , these are particularly in reference to the time required to respond to er , erm complaints etc , it 's no use having the Highways Committee wanting two weeks and incidentally on promise number two erm I think that er any up , somebody else 's point er straight forward wants to be deleted , erm the highways require two weeks to respond er , erm hearts and libraries want a , you know half a day , er and we 've got to get these er erm more or less synchronized I think , and whilst I 'm thinking Chairman on the last page er of the er favourite for , for first for agent authorities , but it does n't give any indication about the contact point and as most of our population live in the agent authorities that the er it needs to be expanded to give the contacts er points for the members of the public . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | He could have taken the isolation better if it was n't for the batteries in his radio dying on him without warning ; usually they faded over a couple of nights but this time it was just zonk , no signal . |
| 26 | She said to her in the week when she rung she wo n't ring until I thought it was like midnight last night she was getting in and she was n't gon na ring till today but it 'll be tomorrow she 'll ring her . |
| 27 | They were found under a bridge , listening to their scanner , but its batteries had run down and they were n't aware the police were so close . |
| 28 | But they had I do n't know if you know it had been absolutely dilapidated , the hall , I mean it was absolutely run down and it was n't used . |
| 29 | Obviously if it were n't cold the ice would melt . |
| 30 | Only if you were n't here I 'd be enjoying it ! ’ |