Example sentences of "i [be] n't [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Margaret and I are n't close . |
| 2 | At this point , he remembers thinking : ‘ Perhaps M. and I are n't supposed to be lovers ? |
| 3 | Oh I 'm sorry I are n't supposed to talk am I ? |
| 4 | then I were married in sixty five I were n't fifteen ! |
| 5 | Yeah I were n't asleep on the couch though . |
| 6 | whether you still pay them tax wise they now I 've still got my redundancy money I were n't thirty days without it , or I 'll |
| 7 | I mean I can remember the nineteen twenty , I I were n't sure whether it was the twenty one or the twenty six strike , and my father was erm on strike , you see , but the ponies had to be thus cared for in the field an I do n't think he received any pay and I remember very well erm going to the , my father applying for relief , and er we had to go and face the erm Court of Referees . |
| 8 | I were n't sure what I 'd have done but |
| 9 | but I were n't sure where , I think it were last week it were gon na be |
| 10 | I were n't sure whether it was last Thursday , Friday or Saturday or this |
| 11 | I were n't sure . |
| 12 | It smelt strange in here but I were n't sure if it was my fish paste sandwich or not ! |
| 13 | No I were n't married until six he , Billy were born in sixty six . |
| 14 | She would never say so , and I probably would n't think such a thing if I were n't pregnant , but pregnant — me thinks : she 's keeping something of me , something of the child I was , in those trunks down there , so as not to lose me entirely , so as not to lose my childhood completely . |
| 15 | ‘ I were n't afraid . ’ |
| 16 | Well I did n't because I were n't old enough like I were only young . |
| 17 | That is , I , I take it would still be me even if I were seated , I would still be me even if I were n't holding a book , possibly I 'd still be me even if I were n't American . |
| 18 | Joe and I mean I come a long way and they said he told them I wan na pop in Friday morning before we go He was surprised He said well I were n't surprised , I said but er you know I want a name yeah well , he just said well I ca n't he ca n't fault me on anything . |
| 19 | If I were n't wild about someone else I 'd be wild about her . ’ |
| 20 | and they said no , I were n't entitled to it |
| 21 | when I lost my weight with slimming we were try I was losing two pounds a week and I were n't starving , I was still drinking and it come off and I lost , I lost about I think it was about eighteen pounds , it was over a stone . |
| 22 | The EST freak , Boyd , said , as he took off his trousers and shook his penis at me , ‘ If I were n't white and middle class I 'd have been in Pyke 's show now . |
| 23 | I pushed with both hands but I was n't strong enough to get a squeak out of it . |
| 24 | What I had n't considered was that she was much bigger than me and that I was n't strong enough to keep both her and the bicycle upright : inevitably she lost her balance and fell heavily on the road with me and the bicycle on top of her . |
| 25 | Edmund was too young , and I was n't strong enough . |
| 26 | I was floating overhead — I was n't visible to the daleks and I thought I should come down and see what the Awful Warning was . |
| 27 | Mind you , I was quite belligerent , but I was n't violent . |
| 28 | I made it easier for him by saying I was n't tired , I wanted to stay up and star-gaze , and anyway the sofa in the living area was very comfortable . |
| 29 | It reads : ‘ Went for a very long bike ride and I was n't tired but Dad was knackered . ’ |
| 30 | I was n't tired at all . |