Example sentences of "it be n't [pron] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is n't something I can put my finger on , Chieh Hsia . |
| 2 | She said , lifting one naked shoulder dismissively , ‘ It is n't something I care to discuss . |
| 3 | ‘ No , ’ she said , ‘ it is n't what I think . |
| 4 | It is n't what I expected to find . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't know why I told you that story — it is n't one I 'm very proud of . |
| 6 | I was keen to give it a go because Leicester are one of the top clubs , and so it was n't something I could refuse , was it ? |
| 7 | It was n't what I really wanted . ’ |
| 8 | It was n't what I had expected . |
| 9 | It was n't what I was doing that was turning her on but the fact that I was doing it there , doing it then , in front of her husband and her husband 's partner and her husband 's partner 's wife and one of her own colleagues . |
| 10 | It was n't what I planned . |
| 11 | ‘ It was n't what I meant . ’ |
| 12 | It was n't what I wanted — even then I did n't feel it was right to get Ebert thrown out of the force for something he 'd said in a heated moment . |
| 13 | Er , it was n't what I was after . |
| 14 | No , well , maybe , but er , it was n't what I was after . |
| 15 | It was n't what I meant to say , but that 's the way it came out . |
| 16 | But it was n't what I was asking , so I 'm going to give you the points , but it 's absolutely true . |
| 17 | I stayed with it for three months , then left because it was n't what I wanted to spend my life doing . |
| 18 | ‘ It was n't what I meant anyway , about not being here . ’ |
| 19 | And at three or four a.m. that morning , as O and Boy kissed for the second time , the blade of a Stanley knife sliced for the second time across the cheek of a man ( I do n't remember his name , it was n't anyone I knew ) who was at that time on his own , not with anyone , just waiting , on his own , at a bus stop , waiting for a night bus which was due at any minute . |
| 20 | Was it you I s no it was n't you I seen about my ear , was it ? |
| 21 | Facing him defiantly , her mouth a thin , bitter line , she articulated , ‘ Meaning it was n't you I was responding to . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ It was n't anything I said , Mr Gooseneck , but I suppose I do n't always keep my face impassive when the snuff takes over , as it were . ’ |