Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] [conj] be n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's better that they understand that than make demands that are n't going to be met . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ This time around I tried to write things that were n't just about me and my relationships . |
| 3 | ‘ You 're paranoid and arrogant , imagining motives that are n't there , ’ she said angrily , resenting the slur on her sex . |
| 4 | They 've said things that were n't true to say , could n't they , I mean , they thought it too simple to even say . |
| 5 | ‘ That way , you could just be adding lines that are n't there . |
| 6 | They say it will force them to grow crops that are n't needed simply because they ca n't burn the waste from more useful crops . |
| 7 | Laurence 's friends told me — you were like it when you were a little girl , seeing things that were n't there , making up stories . |
| 8 | It 's inside my head , Ruth thought ; I 'm such a coward , I hear things that are n't there . |
| 9 | For some reason , humans needed things that were n't true . |
| 10 | And on this sir I , the way the discussion 's been going over the last couple of days , erm I would like to point you at the experience of the Nottinghamshire structure plan which I 've got direct personal experience , where there the panel was persuaded to commend locations that is n't right for structure plan but was a felt able to erm name a district or district council in whose area such a strategic site might be located . |
| 11 | SCHOOL SPORTS : Why force children on to windswept playing fields even if they hate games and are n't any good ? |
| 12 | FRINGE BENEFITS Colin Ward samples alternatives that were n't in the manifestos |
| 13 | All IBM Corp needs to do to return to profit is get rid of excess staff and keep exploiting customers that are n't in the know by selling mainframes and related software at exorbitantly high margins . |
| 14 | honourable friends join me in condemning the non-sensible advice given by liberty to truanting school children that they should defy police and is n't it absolutely typical that the party opposite tend to support them . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've visited all the notable churches and cathedrals but I very much enjoy discovering places that are n't particularly prominent in guide books : going around a corner in a village in France and discovering a gem . |
| 16 | Do you seriously think that if you went to a school and it was like , you know , all cosy , you know , you had dealers and were n't allowed to smoke , you were n't allowed to drink and you were n't allowed to take drugs do you seriously think anyone would go there ? |
| 17 | It would give him pleasure to make jokes that were n't funny while he was dressed up in the wedding-dress of a woman he claimed had been murdered also . |
| 18 | I see things that are n't there . |