Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [be] n't [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Particularly the physical side of the work — where there is n't nearly enough . |
| 2 | They , they ca n't er restore it up where there is n't any ! |
| 3 | Yes , I 've always , I 've always understood , understood more recently the reason why that there would always seemed to be enough prisoners , when we know there really must be enough prisoners throughout the world is that the betting procedure and they 're making quite sure they 're the right people takes time and money and effort , erm , that 's part and also there are some areas of the world now , where , where there are n't as many prisoners as there were , there are very few , there are very few prisoners of conscience in Latin America because they do n't put them in prison they just get rid of them , they just disappear and there are practically , practically none from Latin America countries , cos of these , these disappearances rather than being put in prison , erm , but it 's a sort of combination of reasons I think but er quite a long time now , ten , fifteen years I think groups have only had one prisoner , whereas when I first joined and Ann 's there , we had three did n't we at one time ? |
| 4 | The thing with me and with ‘ Crooksy ’ [ Garth Crooks , his friend ] as well is that , if you 're black in a small community where there are n't too many blacks and you 've got a little bit of stile , then you can not go wrong . |
| 5 | But besides the falls I 've just mentioned there are many more falls and forces like Cotter Force , Catrigg Force and Scaleber Force which , perhaps because they are a little less accessible , are visited by far fewer people , although they are also arguably less impressive because they do n't fall as far or there are n't as many of them . |
| 6 | One CSE Grade 1 is all he could muster from school , so , fired by the grim prospect of a factory job , he went to a college of further education where he gained four ‘ O ’ levels after a year and then took a job at a wholesale jewellers , where they were n't too optimistic about his chances of promotion . |
| 7 | I mean I did n't find any husbands going out and choosing lampshades , for instance , or they were n't particularly bothered about the colour of curtains . |
| 8 | But where it is n't well known is the people who ought to know , and that 's the pensioners , you know th perhaps er your er parents , people er older than yourselves who are drawing state pension , and er the advertising seems to have gone astray . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's very tender where it was n't before . ’ |
| 10 | Or it was n't completely his fault . |
| 11 | It was all a dream , or he was n't properly awake . |
| 12 | That does n't mean that yours is n't as good . |
| 13 | I can tell you erm from although I was n't actually there |
| 14 | Although I was n't there at the time , just mention it to those who were and watch their colour change to grey ! |
| 15 | After David had been there a couple of weeks , I used to go off doing odd bits of work in London , working as a journalist , although I was n't very keen on that side of my life at the time — there were other things that interested me more . |
| 16 | The therapist made me feel that my obsessions were not silly or trivial and , by implication , that I was n't either . |
| 17 | I wanted to prove that I was n't just good at sports . |
| 18 | Now it was I who could n't move ; more than that I was n't even able to form an idea of what it would be like to move . |
| 19 | I volunteered for the Grenadier Guards , well I had to go to Chelsea Barracks and after a week there , they decided that I was n't medically fit for them , although the doctor or the M O at the Ipswich Recruiting Officer said , oh yes , you 're A one you 'll be fine for the guard but cos I was fairly well built , stature wise . |
| 20 | From her flustered expression and the fact that I was n't instantly told to mend my manners , I knew she felt guilty . |
| 21 | Well then my parents would have to accept it would n't they , they would have to have face face face up to the fact that I was n't already married . |
| 22 | I escaped with a few scars and I have no doubt that my greatest support was the knowledge that I was n't economically dependent on my family . |
| 23 | But I made it perfectly clear — or at least I thought I did , ’ Blufton added , spreading his palms in a gesture of openness , ‘ that I was n't actually offering her the job . |
| 24 | She resented the fact that I had children of my own and that I was n't as desperate to have them as she was . |
| 25 | ‘ But only because when we turned up at the solicitor 's to work out the marriage settlement — her idea , not mine — she realised for the first time that I was n't as rich as she thought . |
| 26 | ‘ Well , yes , ’ she said , looking hurt that I was n't more impressed . |
| 27 | And the little Springbok insisted : ‘ When McColgan broke her field in Japan , it 's a good job for her that I was n't there . |
| 28 | ‘ The ridiculous thing is that I was n't remotely attracted to Karen . |
| 29 | Lack of funds in the past meant that I was n't always able to see the job through . ’ |
| 30 | I felt sick when she praised the lead , knowing that I was n't really coping . |