Example sentences of "be n't [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ones that are n't crippled are paralytic all the time . |
| 2 | The reason that conventional trackballs and joysticks are n't used is because the precise positioning that they provide simply is n't needed . |
| 3 | There were deep gouges in his left forearm , and the only reason they were n't bleeding was that the flesh was also burnt . |
| 4 | but they , I mean , oh they were n't dubbed were they ? |
| 5 | we were n't speaking were we Satan ? |
| 6 | Some who were n't told were fooled . |
| 7 | ‘ You were n't talking were you ? ’ |
| 8 | It is n't raining is it ? |
| 9 | It is n't raining is it ? |
| 10 | The importance of organising a maintenance and repairs service has already been mentioned in Chapter I. The knowledge that there is someone on call if the machine is n't working is very reassuring . |
| 11 | No , if one 's not working and the other one 's working , the one that is n't working 's supposed to get relief on it |
| 12 | ‘ But one place it certainly is n't going is through that door . ’ |
| 13 | While it is certain that VAT will be added to domestic fuel from April next year , what is n't known is at what rate . |
| 14 | You can be a hot-shot driver and very quick and gutsy , but it does no one any good if all you can do when your car is n't performing is pull into the pits and say the car 's a pig . |
| 15 | The only one who was n't watching was our goalkeeper . ’ |
| 16 | she was big but she was was n't coloured was she ? |
| 17 | What he was n't expecting was a Sunday newspaper preview article claiming Northern Ballet Theatre 's new staging of Swan Lake was steamy , erotic stuff with a hint of oral sex . |
| 18 | Oh Ferdie was n't playing was he ? |
| 19 | Was n't checking was she ? |
| 20 | She was n't qualified was she ? |
| 21 | Also if one or other of the partners , well it would have to be the partner that was n't signing was seriously ill then the reduct deduction would be twenty percent . |
| 22 | Because the way that I erm , I 've been working on this procedure and in fact I sense this too , and I have most of what was currently there for research project , project related sub-contracting , in other words sub-contracting with B P or if necessary , which I felt that more or less covered and what it was n't covering was when a Marie type situation on software , where I was going to put a different section , which is where the report , when it 's on research project related company facts , then I pay for the software . |