Example sentences of "he know it [be] n't " in BNC.

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1 As a Christian , he knew it was n't right .
2 Halfway down he knew it was n't going to stop so he switched everything off , kept the brakes on to the end , and as it hit the grass he let the brakes off .
3 He knew it was n't a passing thing either .
4 THOUGH FATHER MCGIFF ADMITTED to himself that he was no longer a youngster , he knew it was n't his age that had him suddenly welcoming autumn and winter far more than he had ever welcomed spring and summer .
5 He shivered and he knew it was n't just the wind .
6 He just sat there jiggling his bloody spectacles and saying that as far as he knew it was n't . ’
7 He knew it was n't the case .
8 Because it was injustice ; he knew it was n't a matter of talent .
9 During the service he sat in the front pew and listened to the preacher talking about the kind of woman she had been , and he knew it was n't like that , but the doctor had given some pills and he felt drowsy and numb , and illogically cheerful , as if he was slightly drunk , but at the stage where everything seems enlarged and unfamiliar .
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