Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] it [be] n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charlie told me it was n't nothing for them to get through twenty nicker poking about in the shops . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , whoever told you it is n't allowed , tell them to come and tell me , ’ I said , and I took the child outside . |
| 3 | I told you it was n't that sort of relationship . |
| 4 | Well the con activity test told you it was n't ! |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm sure he 'd let us go on using the park if you wrote and told him it was n't us who left the litter lying about , Guider . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I told him it was n't me . ’ |
| 7 | Or rather , I just told him it was n't on . |
| 8 | Matt was peeing in the river when one of the sparks came up and told him it was n't a good idea . |
| 9 | I told him it was n't me. ’ — The amateur footballer sent off for a foul by his twin brother . |
| 10 | Otherwise , she 'd have gone after him , told him it was n't a matter of right or wrong , it was a matter of when he 'd admit he was an arrogant , overbearing liar . |
| 11 | my daddy goes erm where will you be so I can in touch with you by phone laughing cos they were shouting at me and then he said to me and then I told him it was n't and he goes so why do you go |
| 12 | She said she had always been interested in science , but had been put off because everyone told her it was n't for girls , only boys . |
| 13 | The incidents in Ireland told her it was n't , yet she had no proof to support the fact that he had been killed . |
| 14 | A moment 's thought told her it was n't . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've always told you it was n't like that . ’ |
| 16 | They had n't got it it was n't , I mean you know to us it was qu , a cheap mortgage but sort of up there it was probably , you know sort of |
| 17 | People tell me it was n't anything like that sort of time . |
| 18 | Well , I 'll tell you one thing ; whoever killed him it was n't Timmy Jordan , he 's crack-brained but he 's harmless . ’ |
| 19 | Why did n't us women get together and tell 'em it was n't on ? |
| 20 | Well it , I mean let's face it it is n't gon na be no bigger than a clock is it ? |
| 21 | And I assure you it was n't to wipe your nose , it was to bring home any surplus cakes , that were left on the table . |
| 22 | Well , for instance , that she lived in a in an old vicarage , cos her husband had been a a , no a tri , priest in the Church of England and er we her house was haunted and she was telling us stories and sh she quite often saw the ghost , she was never worried , she never cos it never frightened her it was n't vicious or anything like that and she often saw it quite matter of fact . |
| 23 | ‘ Something tells me it is n't going to be that easy . ’ |
| 24 | Anna became agitated , Do n't tell me it is n't true ! |
| 25 | She 'll tell you it was n't me. — I like her , for God 's sake ! ’ |
| 26 | Did she tell you it was n't me ? ’ |
| 27 | And er I mean it was all luck everything that sort of happened to me that night anyway I mean it it was n't so lucky for other people but I suppose most survivors have their their tale or so . |
| 28 | Mark you it was n't a brilliant day was it ? |
| 29 | Oh did you it was n't me but yes go on you you feel free . |
| 30 | Mind you it was n't real scrumpy . |