Example sentences of "n't [adj] [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she had n't been due at her craft class at eleven that morning she would have called back later , but as that was n't possible she 'd phone . |
| 2 | And if it was n't profitable it might n't be welcoming , either . |
| 3 | no was n't interested I can remember seeing him about of cubs or |
| 4 | If he was n't careful they would get on to the subject of the motorway . |
| 5 | He 's , he 's , he 's , he 's one of these you get if you are n't careful you can get so committed with |
| 6 | If he was n't careful he would find himself in the dungeon — or dead . |
| 7 | She , she was n't English you can tell the way she talks . |
| 8 | Well , in a way it was n't dangerous I 'd say , it was a very worked plan and it would have worked if the letter had got there , so I know it was going to work and I would not say it was dangerous . |
| 9 | Yeah if you were n't ignorant you 'd know there 's four parts to a choir and not just one section . |
| 10 | If a woman was n't paranoid I 'd think there was something wrong with her . |
| 11 | It did n't take her long to decide she had precisely two choices — well , one , really , because even though it was n't cold it would look wrong to go out in thin cotton to the sort of party he was talking about . |
| 12 | We 'd been in the same form for two terms without really speaking because we had separate friends and in any case at St Edward 's you were seated according to your exam results at the end of the previous term , so it was n't likely we 'd be close . |
| 13 | She was n't sure which would have been worse — open , lustful leering , or the teasing mockery she 'd just been subjected to . |
| 14 | To be honest , we were n't sure we 'd sell all our tickets for the replay , but they all went by Thursday and if we get the same backing , we must have a chance . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Thank you for coming — I was n't sure you would . ’ |
| 16 | Ingrid was a bore but he was n't sure he might not need her again . |
| 17 | Sir Bruce was n't sure he 'd read that issue of The Economist . |
| 18 | Jimmy Warren is experiencing stress trauma and I had suggested a visit to Len Seager in hospital , but he was n't sure he could handle it , at least not on his own . |
| 19 | John Major told me , he was n't sure he could sustain his government is he agreed to American policy . |
| 20 | ‘ I was n't sure it would work , ’ Madonna confesses . |
| 21 | But even TI is n't sure it 'll have volumes or only samples by then . |
| 22 | I was n't sure I could do it justice and he was n't sure either . |
| 23 | ‘ Well , actually , I was n't sure I could n't then . |
| 24 | I was n't sure I could make up my own mind . |
| 25 | I was n't sure I could speak even if I had anything to say . |
| 26 | I was n't sure I 'd give it out . |
| 27 | She would have gone herself , but her leg was stiff and sore again and she was n't sure she would have been able to manage the stairs . |
| 28 | She was Labour , she said , but was n't sure she could make it to the polls . |
| 29 | She was n't sure she could stop now , even if she wanted to . |
| 30 | She stood up , and walked serenely down to the sea , holding her head high and thinking that she was n't sure she could endure another thirteen days in the company of this man . |