Example sentences of "know it [be] n't [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Singer Sebastien Bach , at No. 22 with Youth Gone Wild , says : ‘ I wanted kids to know it was n't just junkies or gays who get that disease . |
| 2 | And for all we know it is n't even true . |
| 3 | Upon recollection , it seems to have been there when the house was bought , though I know it is n't so . |
| 4 | I know it is n't much , she used to say . |
| 5 | ‘ Father , you know it is n't often this happens . |
| 6 | ‘ Look , I know it is n't really my business , but I know what you mean . |
| 7 | ‘ I know it is n't very convenient … ’ |
| 8 | I know it was n't very witty but it certainly galvanised my Dad . |
| 9 | erm we I mean we , we , we 've looked at the , the peasant tenant relationship erm and my , my opinion is that basically you know it was n't quite as bad as everyone 's made out erm but al okay we 're saying that warlords were , were very imperialistic and they were a huge fact to be considered but in Hunan and within the south erm eastern region say |
| 10 | I know it was n't too bad last year erm I think it 's either at a Wednesday or Thursday . |
| 11 | She might have known it was n't that easy to fool him … |
| 12 | He cringed from that single revelation of himself and of his motive , even while knowing it was n't really true to his nature , that the instance had come , gone and never would return . |
| 13 | It was a cringe-making description at the best of times ; but now she knew it was n't even true . |
| 14 | For an instant she thought of running , but knew it was n't even an option as his grip tightened and he drew her , struggling towards him . |
| 15 | He shivered and he knew it was n't just the wind . |
| 16 | But he already knew it was n't much . |
| 17 | She knew it was n't so , but the feeling was so strong and strange , she crept into a space between one of the big masts and an open water butt , making herself small as she nibbled the bread , but too alert and wary to really enjoy the eating . |
| 18 | Now she knew it was n't so . |
| 19 | ‘ And , even when you told me about the break-in , I knew it was n't really that . ’ |