Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [is] n't [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adam said in a stiff voice , ‘ I went to considerable trouble to choose the best place , so naturally it is n't cheap . |
| 2 | Perhaps it is n't surprising that this system still continues . |
| 3 | Perhaps it is n't possible . |
| 4 | Perhaps it is n't necessary to explain things in the way I used to . |
| 5 | We are then inclined to think , ‘ Perhaps it is n't true after all . ’ |
| 6 | You 're saying it 's not not it is n't impossible but it 's harder to generate a warmth over the phone is n't it ? |
| 7 | Of finding out she is n't old High and Mighty 's heir and long lost daughter ? ’ |
| 8 | Now it is n't easy to deal with this sort of situation . |
| 9 | I wish him well but realistically he is n't likely to get more than a couple here and there . |
| 10 | Well it is n't long when you 're in the old . |
| 11 | Yeah well it is n't that one , it 's I 'll find it and I 'll read it out to you Julian 's one is two hundred and thirty four ninety nine |
| 12 | Well it is n't easy . |
| 13 | Well it is n't this week so it 's D one D two , D one from nine to ten , D two from ten to ten forty . |
| 14 | I suppose this is erm , a caricature , a self portrait this little , I , in fact I was , really actually hilarious as I felt that , I , I , do n't actually know an awful lot about Gaugin , but if , if I knew nothing about him at all , I would of thought he was having a bit of joke of himself with this , but er , being the person that he was I ca n't image that he had that quality , that , I do n't believe he would be laughing at himself , erm , erm , the symbolism erm and conflict of this painting its dazzles me more than , than the colour or at least as much as the colours in it , but there 's a , there 's a half eaten , well it is n't half eaten , but there 's half an apple at the top and , and that was the , the way into me finally , for , for writing about this , this again is a shopping list , I call it a shopping list , this is just visual images that , that will be opened out at some point and turn it into something , and my images were erm Shoulders of the matador smoking snakes , dare to bit an apple , see one half gone and still I wear a halo intact , that I 'm sure I 've completely wrong about him as a , a person , but as the painting that 's obviously something else , erm , I found that one of the things that were he 's , I , I think probably that everybody who writes is that you 'll come to a point when you ca n't write , you stop writing , you have n't got anything you want to write about , or your frightened of writing , and I devise exercises so that , that does n't happened to me , I think writing is like any skill you have to keep doing it to be able to do it , its , you , some of it is a game and the rest of it is hard work , and one of the exercises I , I delighted using erm a portrait of a woman erm , its about erm the er still life , its the back one , yes this one here , I have , I , I hope to use this as a writing exercise I found the , the maths in this and the colour of the piece of fruit in the background , very interesting because most of the colours to me seem a , a lot less vibrant then many of his other paintings , and so they , they attracted me and have a , a strong sense of erm , er a hidden desire in that and so it , to use it as a writing exercise which I intend doing , it will be able about a situation of character 's with erm something that 's hidden , some desire , I do n't , the , not even spoke about to themselves or , or generally , erm I like to sort of say that came from those two little , just this amounts of colour which seemed to be saying such a lot |
| 15 | Yeah , well it is n't open until Monday or Tuesday . |
| 16 | ‘ Surely he is n't wicked enough to do that ! ’ |
| 17 | It is n't it is n't nice but for the young |
| 18 | Well it is n't it is n't rubber , it 's just a resin that converts . |
| 19 | But because you say , I saw her , it is n't it is n't wrong . |
| 20 | It 's er it is n't it is n't everyday language , and I 'm not sure that it helps us express what we really want to say . |
| 21 | I begin to suggest that sometimes it is n't useful for such ideas to come through pop stars : it makes them trendy and … |
| 22 | ‘ Maybe it is n't accessible , ’ Ash said , fag in mouth , holding the steering wheel with her knees and making a stretching , circling motion with her shoulders ( we were on a quiet stretch of motorway , thankfully ) . |
| 23 | ‘ Maybe it is n't one of our keys . |
| 24 | So if we could look at those things and talk to the Government to see if it 's possible , it maybe it is n't possible then that 's a different argument but we should be seen to be doing something er to let this die on it 's own will A , will deprive other people for odd jobs and in some cases I 've met the representation two guys there who used their redundancy money for Airways to purchase er a small aircraft and are running a flying school . |
| 25 | And the trail went dead for about another fortnight , I did n't hear any more so , I thought Well maybe it is n't you see , maybe it is n't this chap 's furniture after all . |
| 26 | If he recognises the word as wrong himself , then it is n't serious . |
| 27 | At least he is n't perfect . |
| 28 | At least it is n't far to travel ! |
| 29 | However it is n't easy to get reliable information on what to give , and when . |
| 30 | ‘ Some people needed a lot of encouragement when it first opened , but now it 's hard to find a time when it is n't crowded . ’ |