Example sentences of "n't [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well it was n't me anyway , I do n't know ! |
| 2 | And when I go upstairs with somebody , that is n't me either . |
| 3 | Somebody erm said they were going to , and it was n't me so it was one of you three , said they were going to check if the ball was having a speaker this year . |
| 4 | Tell me , Sir Robert , that you have n't them here … ’ |
| 5 | The formal breakfast at eight o'clock in a high-ceilinged dining room with heavy mahogany sideboards and floor-to-ceiling windows was n't everyone else 's way of life . |
| 6 | Why could n't everyone else ? |
| 7 | Does n't everyone just take what they want and damn the consequences ? ’ |
| 8 | But is n't everyone mainly interested in something ? |
| 9 | He says there ai n't nothing else next and er so er I stood there and I said this , kind of like this I 've got ta do something so er I went er to pick sommat up down the back but before that he said , here you are , he says I put these ready all you got ta do is put the screws in those locks you know , like . |
| 10 | No , there ai n't nothing else I could do . |
| 11 | Of course , you 'd read of these places and screwed up your nose in disgust and said such things should n't be permitted , and why did n't someone else do something about it . |
| 12 | But the RCA executive just said ‘ If that 's such a good idea , why has n't someone else tried it ’ . |
| 13 | If you do n't someone else will . |
| 14 | The use of a ‘ killer phrase ’ such as ‘ Well , if that 's such a great idea , why has n't someone else done it ? ’ is like telling a parent that their child has no talent . |
| 15 | Could n't someone else … ? ’ |
| 16 | It would be a chance to see her on neutral ground , maybe even a chance to explain that it was n't his bloody fault that Laura had shown up at the door only seconds before she herself had . |
| 17 | ‘ Boy , would n't I dearly love to know why you have such a suspicious nature ! ’ |
| 18 | Have n't I honestly ca n't remember . |
| 19 | Because I ca n't I honestly have got a I do n't know what 's happening . |
| 20 | I , I do n't I honestly do n't know what we 're going to do about Beria |
| 21 | Oh God — ca n't I even have a row with you now ? |
| 22 | ‘ Do n't I even get a sword ? ’ he pleaded . |
| 23 | Fabian grumbles : ‘ Ah , why did n't I just go to Hungary as well … |
| 24 | Even the revolution was unreal — ‘ By agreeing to go first with the Panthers and then with the Palestinians , playing my role as a dreamer inside a dream , was n't I just one more factor of unreality inside both movements ? ’ ( p. 149 ) . |
| 25 | I paid good money for that , I said , ca n't I just have a last go on it ? |
| 26 | ‘ Did n't I just know it ! |
| 27 | Did n't I just know it ! ’ the Californian curses . |
| 28 | Ludens thought , why ca n't I do that , why ca n't I just ask a woman to hold my hand , why ca n't I ask Franca to ! |
| 29 | Why do I have to carry them around — why ca n't I just remember them ? |
| 30 | Why could n't I just have gone to the cops and reported my stuff missing ? 'Cos I was missing myself , that 's why . |