Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] it [be] [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the beginning , I read a moral stance into the therapist 's answers , until I realized it was n't really there and that he was actually playing the role of my alter ego — sometimes being the ‘ right ’ and ‘ good ’ side of me . |
| 2 | Today , when I heard what happened to you , I realized it was n't that . |
| 3 | It was interesting first time out , but after a couple of them I realised it was n't my cup of tea . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I had considered going to California over the winter but I realised it was n't necessary . |
| 5 | I looked to Mrs for guidance ; she looked amused , so I surmised it was not the inception of a punishment for my earlier and inconvenient frankness . |
| 6 | But once I 'd taken the plunge and got myself organised , I found it was n't bad at all , and not nearly as difficult as I 'd imagined . ’ |
| 7 | I really did feel like a Queen for a moment , well , even longer when I found it was not a flash in the pan , but that they were really going to stay with us . |
| 8 | I decided it was n't a good place to be and left straightaway . |
| 9 | Because of this I decided it was n't worth going back to school so I just went in to tell everyone and collect some books . |
| 10 | She turned down The Fabulous Baker Boys , a film which made Michelle Pfeiffer an international superstar and an Oscar nominee , because ‘ I felt it was n't right for me ’ . |
| 11 | Maybe I should n't have , but I felt it was n't good for a little one to be in the same house . |
| 12 | And I felt it was n't up to them , I did n't have enough experience I wanted to gain some more experience but it just fell away , lapse . |
| 13 | Why , because I I felt it was n't me . |
| 14 | Symphony because I felt it was not the right tempo . |
| 15 | If I had developed some measure of showmanship over the years , I felt it was not much use to me or anyone else while I sat in my office and let junior producers have all the fun . |
| 16 | Although I remember him stepping out of them and the sight of his white pants , I felt it was not seemly to observe too closely : otherwise I should have been able to verify the assertion that his underclothes were American but the rest very English . |
| 17 | Now I knew it was not merely for urinating . |
| 18 | Dead before I knew it was not my anger killed her , dead before I told her how much I loved her . |
| 19 | ‘ We sat on the sofa clinging on to one another until we stopped sobbing but I knew it was not over for her . ’ |
| 20 | I knew it was not right , |
| 21 | But it was not Maria ; a whiteness , a flowing whiteness , a long coat or a dressing-gown — I had only a second 's sight , but I knew it was a woman and I knew it was not an old woman . |
| 22 | I knew it was not on a gramophone ; someone was playing it . |
| 23 | But even as I heard it , I knew it was not a revolver . |
| 24 | ‘ I knew it was n't safe , ’ she jabbered . |
| 25 | I knew it was n't healthy or good for me to spend so many hours thinking about eating and cooking up plans for new diets or exercise programmes . |
| 26 | I knew it was n't worth anything like that — even so , I refused to sell . |
| 27 | The minute your gran told me about it I knew it was n't true — and so did she , or suspected as much , anyway . |
| 28 | I did n't think of her ; I ca n't say I went because I respected her decision or because I thought it was in her interest ; I knew it was n't in her interest , or mine , or ours . |
| 29 | She pushed me over and said , ‘ I knew it was n't nobody , yow great big baby ! ’ |
| 30 | I knew it was n't going to be easy , as it was so very much his world , but I realized I must do it soon , because the longer I delayed , the longer I felt I would go on doing so — like facing up to the ashes . |