Example sentences of "it [modal v] n't [adv] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think a , that there 's another point that we should all remember and that is that it should n't just be our opinion either , we are sort of told from high certain things |
| 2 | Well it should n't just be men , men , you know , it should be women as well . |
| 3 | Cos it i it should n't just be your preparation should not just be a one-off hour hour and a half what have you on the Sundays when you come along . |
| 4 | To really enjoy your garden it should n't just be a home for plants . |
| 5 | Well er to me it does n't matter s er that much , what I 'm concerned about is that this is a matter of public interest , it should n't just be a matter of professional interest and it 's for these reasons I think the government should take a rather more lively interest er than perhaps it does . |
| 6 | Not just sales , so it should n't just be the appointments in your diary , and a lot of you will not used to be keeping a diary as well . |
| 7 | So even when we buy Traidcraft , unless it is cheaper than it was ten years ago , it should n't really be , should it ? |
| 8 | Because , going back to the point earlier on , erm , when I was taught I say , it was a local nurse from th er , the clinic that taught us I mean I 've nothi , nothing against elder women in their fifties and whatever , but I mean , there again , one , it should n't always be females who teach about sex , it should be males , and it should be younger people to relate |
| 9 | Throughout this gargantuan meal the talk was almost entirely concentrated on food , on remembering other great meals , or discussing the quality of the ham and the other salumi : ‘ It must n't just be pink ; it must n't be too fat , and it should be cut so thin that you can almost see the church tower through it . ’ |
| 10 | But it must n't just be left to the activists to recruit . |
| 11 | It was definitely Luke 's handwriting , and it could n't even be that he had sent the flowers to the wrong address . |
| 12 | But no , it could n't altogether be forgotten . |
| 13 | Now she began to wonder about that ; it could n't simply be because she 'd disliked him , since she 'd disliked clients before , but that had n't prevented her from giving them the same professional treatment she gave to everyone . |
| 14 | Conscience gave her an uncomfortable nip , for it could n't exactly be said to be the height of honour for her to accept his invitation to dine in his home in the guise of a journalist when she was n't one , but Fabia went and studied her wardrobe . |
| 15 | They were very much caught up in the opinion that if they were an indie band , it could n't possibly be worth a major record company taking them seriously . |
| 16 | The English delegation objected violently to this poster , saying it could n't possibly be distributed , especially in the UK . |
| 17 | It could n't possibly be true . |
| 18 | So enormous it could n't possibly be true -could it ? |
| 19 | It could n't possibly be … a frisson of relief as I realised it was crème fraiche and not you know what . |
| 20 | And from the sudden change in her inquisitor 's manner , she realised that it could n't possibly be . |
| 21 | She chewed on it and thought that it could n't possibly be as rubbery as it seemed . |
| 22 | Of course , old Meg is not to be relied upon at all , owing to her unfortunate fondness for the bottle , and when I heard that she was the source of the story I said that it could n't possibly be the case , that she did n't know what she had seen , as usual — ’ |
| 23 | I began to feel that it could n't possibly be encroaching on a Monday afternoon and that Emily and I had an office to go back to . |
| 24 | It could n't possibly be the same , now he 's come . |
| 25 | Darling , it could n't possibly be ! ’ |
| 26 | It would have been lovely , but it could n't really be one of us , could it ? |
| 27 | It could n't really be because of a home movie , could it ? |
| 28 | It could n't really be him . |
| 29 | ‘ It could n't still be bothering him . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ It need n't even be in this office . ’ |