Example sentences of "i be n't being " in BNC.
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1 | I was obsessed with the way they looked , but I knew I was n't being told the whole story about them . ’ |
2 | But for this there was a price to pay : when I was n't being ignored completely , I was being made fun of , especially in regard to my physical appearance which was frequently compared to that of a twelve-year-old boy . |
3 | I knew I was n't being terribly respectful , but I just cupped the telephone , looked her up and down and said : ‘ Well , you could put some shoes on . ’ |
4 | But by the end of our first year in Cornwall she 'd made a few friends and I was n't being bullied so much , so life became a little easier . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | If I was n't being held up by the man 's gripping hand hauling me through the ferns I feel like I 'd fall down . |
7 | I was n't being noble . |
8 | Still , I was n't being paid — I 'd resisted Edward 's offer of money ; I was pretty sure he did n't have much and , for the moment , I did n't need it . |
9 | At least I was n't being a hypocrite . |
10 | I was n't being disloyal to anyone . ’ |
11 | ‘ I was n't being soft . |
12 | I was n't being paid $ 500,000 a day to sit on my butt and watch Blue Peter . |
13 | There was little traffic down through Shoreditch and I was pretty sure I was n't being followed , though following a black cab in London must be a pretty thankless task . |
14 | I was n't being sly or deceitful . |
15 | well erm I was n't being assertive I was a bit walked over |
16 | 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 . |
17 | ‘ I was n't being big-headed at Crystal Palace . |
18 | No I were n't , I was n't being horrible or anything , if you do n't |
19 | So you 'd say well we must have let let's say that I was n't being that helpful |