Example sentences of "but there be n't [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I just want to block this whole day out , but there is n't even anywhere for me to sleep . |
| 2 | I brought them down here but there is n't anywhere to put them . |
| 3 | ‘ Everybody says they see the Opera ghost , but there is n't really a ghost . |
| 4 | ‘ But there is n't really any choice , ’ said Fenella , firmly , and turned to the ornate silver door at the far end of the room . |
| 5 | but there is n't now is there it just comes splashing out . |
| 6 | But there is n't now a Ga a provost in Gala ? |
| 7 | It would be nice to know whether females with high quality mates do indeed succeed in rearing more young than those with low quality mates ; they ought to , but there are n't yet enough data to be sure . |
| 8 | Erm , by hangers-on I mean that there are all the Dukes and the Viscounts and whatever else there is and that whole strata in society , which , I think is English society , erm I mean I know that there are Dukes in Scotland but there are n't so many , and I mean they own quite a lot and I think that it 's impossible to have a classless society because the monarchy perpetuate class divisions . |
| 9 | There are a lot of religious people in Ireland but there are n't perhaps so many Christians . |
| 10 | Right , these are nearly ready now , but there are n't that many actually but just leave . |
| 11 | There are of course exceptions of those who are neither councillors nor magistrates er and are prepared to do these jobs , but there are n't very many in relation to er the numbers of people that would be required for this sort of task and there are many other activities for which there are required , like school governors who like helping on various health bodies and er they have n't got the time to do them all , and if they have , they probably are n't suitable , because I have to my Lords that a lord of people who volunteer for these sorts of tasks and I have experience of them are n't people that locally we would like to have sitting on these various bodies and we have to discourage them one way and another . |
| 12 | ‘ Howard Wilkinson is a very good manager and a fine tactician but there are n't too many ways of stopping Durrant . ’ |
| 13 | But there was n't normally storage problems , normally had spare , seep out of the ground in , so we 'll be alright . |
| 14 | ' But there was n't enough in the extract for me to get the context . |
| 15 | And , full expecting at any time perhaps to hear the er siren , sort of police car , but there was n't any . |
| 16 | I believe there is so now , but there was n't then . |
| 17 | The green dress was too long ; she was almost as tall as Alice now , but there was n't so much of her to fill it out . |
| 18 | But there was n't very much choice in the styles was there ? |
| 19 | Mhm but there was n't very many . |
| 20 | So I did — my mother had that drawing for many years — and then Mr Moore rang my mother and said that it was so nice having me in his class because I was so interested and keen , but there was n't really a lot of point , and would n't it be better if I played the piano ? |
| 21 | it were n't too bad when we took it , it would play but there were n't even , when we brought it back |
| 22 | you know trying to find an assistant cos there was n't one walking about cos there was some at the tills but there were n't any walking around and it was very busy , there were lots of people going through the tills . |
| 23 | Emergency crews and supplies were flooding into Petrolia but there were n't too many customers . |
| 24 | I think there were sufficient but there were n't too many . |