Example sentences of "and [verb] [pron] [be] [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's when he is , and thinks he is n't : then there 's confusion . |
| 2 | ‘ My father paints , now chiefly icons , painting straight on to board and insists he is not a line-drawing man . |
| 3 | Just started to eat the fig roll and realized it was n't one of them . |
| 4 | Being quite educated and articulate I was n't the sort of prisoner they expected , even though as there are more drug offenders there are more and more women like me . |
| 5 | He derided those who thought it was ‘ all right to stay in opposition so long as your socialist heart is pure ’ , and argued it was not they who suffered , but the poor in Britain and in the third world : ‘ We are not just a debating society . |
| 6 | I am pleased with the progress to date and trust you are not finding the process too disruptive . |
| 7 | But it was too late ; large tears rolled down her cheeks and , no matter how swiftly she swiped them away and pretended they were n't there , they just kept on coming . |
| 8 | ‘ I am just hoping and praying he is not going to be used as a human shield . |
| 9 | ‘ We have not played well enough in any department and we have got to hold our hands up and say we were not good enough . |
| 10 | Would anyone like to argue with her and say it 's not that much you know an important character . |
| 11 | Fuck her I was drinking stout on Saturday night and normally do n't do it because we 've simply no money ! on the vodka and say it was n't even enough to buy a carry out but do n't say it unless she says she was here ! |
| 12 | No , I can ring in work and say I 'm not going in this afternoon , er , I mean , but it is , it is , er , self discipline exercised by members when we do talk about issues on the agenda . |
| 13 | and say you 're not in . |
| 14 | But I could n't look at you , and say you are n't beautiful ! ’ |
| 15 | It 's time for him to match his maturity with his golf and realise he 's not going to win every time . |
| 16 | As a senior diplomat said last week : ‘ The people went out and found they were n't struck by lightning . ’ |
| 17 | I opened it and found it was n't signed , so I signed it and used it . |
| 18 | And lo and behold there is n't . |
| 19 | But would it have been fair to point all this out as they nuzzled one another on some Anglian plage and assumed I was n't noticing ? |
| 20 | We heard about your recent burglary and hope you are not too upset by all the trouble and inconvenience . |
| 21 | We heard about your recent burglary and hope you were not too upset by the trouble and inconvenience . |
| 22 | By avoiding this situation and pretending it 's not happening means that we can actually be risking the lives of one our friends , one of our family . |
| 23 | And frightening me is n't as important as you think . |
| 24 | Michelle 's phoned and said she 's not going . |
| 25 | She 'd wept and said he was n't to talk like that . |
| 26 | And then when we went for wheel balancing told us to take it back for balancing and tracking , they turned round and says we 're not doing it . |
| 27 | If somebody calls you up and says something 's not working , always ask , well what did you change recently , and ninety five percent of the time , it 's that that 's the cause of the problems . |
| 28 | As Pottz said , ‘ Anyone who paddles out at big Pipe and says he 's not scared is either lying or crazy . ’ |
| 29 | He stands over me and says I 'm not doing it then he stands over me oh god it 's gone , it 's gone , it 's oh look pick them up , oh what 's he gon na do ? |
| 30 | The Mercury One-2-One Ltd digital cellular joint venture between Cable & Wireless Plc and US West Inc has been talking to Reuters , and says it is not seeking to trigger a price war with Cellnet Mobile Communications Ltd and Vodafone Group Plc . |