Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] n't be [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is that maybe the other side , but I do n't be Wendy 's side . |
| 2 | If she had n't been Mrs Arbuthnot , he 'd have told anyone else to stop spoiling her and give her work to do around the house . |
| 3 | As they drove out of town , along the quiet roads to the country , it became clear to Juliet that the brandy and soda her father had given him had n't been Nigel 's first drink of the evening . |
| 4 | They have n't been champions for 26 years and it could be another 26 before they win it again . |
| 5 | And there may be many others but they have n't been discarvard ’ . |
| 6 | There has n't been any attempt about savings , or reduced commitments or any , or everything is here , and if it has n't been attempts , perhaps we could have a list of what 's actually been removed . |
| 7 | If it has n't been invaders from without it 's been subversion from within . |
| 8 | If it had n't been dope it would have been valium : what 's the difference ? |
| 9 | If it had n't been Mario , you 'd have thought it was schmaltz ; with Mario , it was peppered with self-irony , with seriousness , punctuated with laughter , with suddenly remembered incidents . |
| 10 | So it had n't been Johnny up there this morning , after all . |
| 11 | It had n't been irony ; Creston would n't be able to contain himself . |
| 12 | If it had n't been Gabriel , it would have been some other angel along the way . |
| 13 | He had n't been gardening , but happened to be wearing his casual clothes . |