Example sentences of "[vb base] [conj] [pron] [be] n't " in BNC.

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1 There was just because there was n't enough money within all unions , not forget that there was n't such a thing as a T U C then , this was in at the infancy when the unions first started , there was n't such as a T U C , Trades Unions Congress .
2 Well it surprised her I expect cos we were n't expecting you so early .
3 They say if one is n't built soon … somebody could be killed .
4 I regret that there is n't a man here who would uphold the opposite point of view and it 's not for want of trying .
5 ‘ I hope that they are n't staying for the dance . ’
6 I just hope that they are n't completely lost and in particular I 'd just mention the because it 's being increasingly used and will be as the bypass comes in into use because access will be restricted to the , the erm roundabout .
7 ‘ There 's been a massive wave of patriotism behind Nigel that is quite unbelievable — and we just hope that there is n't any backlash from the public that will damage either the sport or sponsors . ’
8 ‘ But I hope that there were n't any well-dressed men wandering around the railway line in Dresden last night . ’
9 Cause if he was n't there would be no black talk show host .
10 Whereas before I used to say let's do this or that and worry if it was n't done , now I 've decided that I 'm really not going to worry about the garden any more .
11 Like , you could n't have pianos or sax because it was n't hardcore . ’
12 Well it does n't start till nine anyway , so you could er if , I mean if he was n't here by
13 I mean if you were n't in at whe when you were in your third and fourth year , it was a four year er training , er in third and fourth years you were allowed to stay out till ten o'clock at night .
14 He enclosed a sample of cloth with his letter to prove his words and demonstrate that he was n't being unduly extravagant .
15 Yeah , but you actually know that they were n't gon na have a
16 But at the back of our minds , we know that something is n't right .
17 erm you can hybridize these two , you can second generations , backcrosses and so on , the analysis has been made , and we know that there is n't a single large gene producing that effect — we know that there are quite a number of genes of reasonably small effect , we do n't know exactly how many but certainly it does n't look like a hopeful monster .
18 Bill : I know that it is n't always possible but the idea is not only not to feel guilty if you do , but to feel quite happy about it and about your lover/lovers doing it too .
19 I do n't recall , well in fact I 'm being sarcastic because I know for a , we know that it was n't in the manifesto for nineteen ninety two .
20 Put on the spot like that she was n't honestly sure of the true response .
21 Favourite things are smashed , the car is driven into the wall , the kids are snatched and a complete nervous breakdown later , you confess that it was n't serious anyway .
22 He 's , he 's , he 's , he 's one of these you get if you are n't careful you can get so committed with
23 After all , evolution has been going on now for about four billion years as far as we know and there are n't very many long-lived organisms .
24 Yea , drinking 's always got me into trouble in the past , I mean now I 've thought about it , I 've thought what a stupid idiot I 'd be , so you know if it was n't for the course , then I probably would have gone and done it again , you know , without a second thought .
25 It 's a lovely world , beautiful world but it 's the people in it you see who are spoiling things so much and I do n't understand youngsters you see but because young people erm there , there was a time when youngsters just er do just as they like and they were n't reprimanded by the parents , whereas my parents were very strict you see and it did n't do me any harm and I 'm glad now that they were .
26 I have n't you know cos it was n't very nice when he brought it .
27 you know but it was n't any misunderstanding either , he said something
28 he 's a little , aye I know but he 's , yeah I know but it was n't for a week was it ?
29 Yeah I know but I were n't gon na give it you .
30 in London B T H or G E C , I remember he told us that the last time you know because he was n't called up in the war he was reserved .
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