Example sentences of "it be [not/n't] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | stew you know like it is a beef ah , but it were n't mince meat , but it were n't stew . |
| 2 | No it were n't Ben . |
| 3 | It were n't , it were n't pay as you earn then . |
| 4 | No it were n't ma , it were , it were it did its job , that was keep your heating up , cos you could blow it up and it |
| 5 | stew you know like it is a beef ah , but it were n't mince meat , but it were n't stew . |
| 6 | No Sat you used to work Fridays and I used to go out , no it were n't Saturday night |
| 7 | And it were n't Brian that sent it . |
| 8 | Surprise at the gentle way he lifted her breast as though it were not part of her . |
| 9 | " If only it were not Bigwig , " said Blackberry . |
| 10 | In Tuberville v Savage , the accused laid his hand on his sword and said : " If it were not assize time , I would not take such language . " |
| 11 | The air that stirred round their trunks seemed green , thick , rippling — as if it were not air but drifting water . |
| 12 | And it sounds ridiculous saying it now , but what eventually made me decide to move was when John Mayall brought horns into the BB line-up ; I was so dumb that I thought , ‘ If it 's horns , it 's not blues . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Anywhere — as long as it 's not Moyalla . |
| 14 | Yes I suppose it 's not taxpayer now , what do we call them now — poll , poll tax payers or I suppose they are still tax payers though . |
| 15 | Er it 's not Kenneth Clarke and it 's not Brian Clough and it 's not Dennis McCarthy and it 's not D H Lawrence . |
| 16 | It 's not Kenneth Clarke Brian Clough it 's not Dennis McCarthy and it 's not D H Lawrence either . |
| 17 | It 's er it 's not Brian Clough and it 's not Kenneth Clarke and it 's not D H Lawrence either . |
| 18 | Now it 's not John Major and it 's not Martin Brandon Bravo and it 's not the Sheriff although we 're thinking on the right lines there , and it 's not Kenneth Clarke or Brian Clough and it certainly is n't Dennis McCarthy and it 's not D H Lawrence either . |
| 19 | There who are they talking about so far anyway it 's not Kenneth Clarke or Brian Clough or Dennis McCarthy or er D H Lawrence or John Major or Martin Brandon Bravo or the Sheriff . |
| 20 | No it 's not Stewer . |
| 21 | No it 's not capitals |
| 22 | Albert said , ‘ It 's not nonsense . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's not sex that 's the problem , it 's what you demonstrate during sex ! ’ |
| 24 | If it 's not money , it 's philosophy |
| 25 | No , no , it 's not money today actually is it ? |
| 26 | ‘ No , it 's not money . ’ |
| 27 | It 's not money to us , it 's a way of life . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's not money I want — it 's Ace Elliot . ’ |
| 29 | It 's not satire exactly , since Hayworth has too kindly an eye for the human condition . |
| 30 | Suppose it 's not Liam in there ? |