Example sentences of "be n't being [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's them who are n't being polite , ’ Paul muttered , sotto voce . |
| 2 | We are n't being wise after the event . |
| 3 | One woman described how she experienced an aggressive pattern : ‘ I found it very difficult to cope with women over me , especially if I thought that they were n't being fair — although I had no problems when dealing with men . |
| 4 | So is that being as you were n't being assertive at the time |
| 5 | Once you 've seen the production , in many ways an unexpected one , you 'll understand that Mr Hall is n't being pretentious and that Mr Hoffman has n't suddenly been struck by false modesty . |
| 6 | Erm the District Council is n't being arbitrary in er in this respect . |
| 7 | Yeah , well he is n't being nice to me ! |
| 8 | It is n't being critical at all but on this position situation that might the first thing that we |
| 9 | ‘ Being in love is n't being married . ’ |
| 10 | Now if that is n't being uptight , then I do n't know what is . ’ |
| 11 | I was n't being good about it any more ; it was as if the effort of getting upstairs had used up the last of my good behaviour . |
| 12 | But a man who claimed that his wife was n't being affectionate enough was refused a divorce — she was n't being unreasonable , that 's just the kind of woman she was . |
| 13 | I did that one day when things got hairier than usual , went down to where some bandit was trying to rip us off and practically rubbed beards with him and shouted into his face I Want To Work For Christ 's Sake Let Me Work , but Vic said that was n't being helpful . |
| 14 | ‘ I was n't being big-headed at Crystal Palace . |
| 15 | And she was n't being ironic : she truly meant it . |
| 16 | He was n't being unkind , just generous ! |
| 17 | Erm I mean he it sort of went through our staff inspector wise and er Paul was sort of chatting , and he was n't being unkind he said yes , they 'll be dinosaurs because it 's a long time since you 've had er any training like that . |
| 18 | I was n't being sly or deceitful . |
| 19 | But a man who claimed that his wife was n't being affectionate enough was refused a divorce — she was n't being unreasonable , that 's just the kind of woman she was . |
| 20 | For the first time in her life she was n't being rational , and the realisation both excited and horrified her . |
| 21 | Occasionally that plan backfired and a genuine neurotic would arrive , soon to engage all and sundry in a lengthy discourse about the cold , the warmth and the fact that the automatic door was n't being automatic why oh why oh why do people keep leaving it open , ca n't they think of others for a change , you 'd have thought it was n't too much trouble … |
| 22 | I was n't being disloyal to anyone . ’ |
| 23 | She would behave like someone who was n't being unfaithful , and nobody could accuse her of behaving like that . |
| 24 | well erm I was n't being assertive I was a bit walked over |
| 25 | at the the time I think when I was n't being assertive and when I was n't the difference was the person was younger than me and I was being assertive and then when I perhaps was n't and like said you feel after that you 've let yourself down . |
| 26 | ‘ I was n't being soft . |
| 27 | Or perhaps he was n't being considerate , she suddenly realised with a pang — perhaps he had n't made a move simply because he was n't in the least attracted to her . |
| 28 | I understand that actually Mr Kinnock was n't being brief this time . |
| 29 | Then about four days later it was pointed out to me that a real earthquake actually hit Germany last week , and she was n't being poetic at all , and I actually felt cheated of the wave of emotion I had felt towards her . |
| 30 | ‘ It was n't being noble or any of that sort of saliva , ’ he said afterwards . |