Example sentences of "n't [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't be negative or apologetic — remember you 're selling yourself , and should highlight your good points . |
| 2 | Still , ‘ do n't be negative ’ means that I should go for it . |
| 3 | Do n't be grandiose , banal or over-personal , and do n't normally end with a quotation from someone else ( see pp. 95 – 7 ) . |
| 4 | Well could it er British Standards say that wiring should n't be external so we 're okay there . |
| 5 | ‘ I mean , she would n't be capable of … ’ her mouth became a tight bunch of disgust , ‘ your … unnatural practices . ’ |
| 6 | I certainly wo n't be controversial . |
| 7 | Erm , I hope that I wo n't detain the council for too long , I 'm sure that this motion er wo n't be controversial . |
| 8 | ‘ Do n't be heartless , Merry , ’ she scolded teasingly . |
| 9 | There was absolutely no reason why I should n't be straight arrow and honest with them . |
| 10 | ‘ Do n't be awful , Angel , she 's just trying to butter you up . ’ |
| 11 | Oh do n't be awful . |
| 12 | ‘ Could n't be better , ’ Nevil agreed . |
| 13 | Things could n't be better for everybody , all round . |
| 14 | ‘ A year ago I was skint , now things could n't be better , ’ he said . |
| 15 | ‘ Fine , could n't be better , ’ he enthused . |
| 16 | We get out of the car , stomp round to the wheel , look at it , kick it , swear , look at our watch , feel guilty about not having left enough time to cope with the unexpected , open the boot , bang our head on it , swear again , wonder whether it would n't be better to walk to the phone , decide to change the wheel ourselves , lose one of the nuts and eventually arrive at the meeting half an hour late in a filthy temper , and take up the next five minutes explaining that it must have been a sharp chipping off one of those construction lorries and they overload them to save money and they ought to do something about it … |
| 17 | As it happens , she could n't be better . |
| 18 | Things could n't be better . |
| 19 | ‘ I think it 's all right , ’ responded Floy , warily , but even as he spoke he was wondering whether it was all right , and whether they might n't be better simply to walk back through the forest and on to the road . |
| 20 | ‘ Are you sure it would n't be better to tell your suspicions to the police ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ But apart from that everything 's fine , wonderful , could n't be better . ’ |
| 22 | Meanwhile , things could n't be better . |
| 23 | Could n't be better . |
| 24 | ‘ Could n't be better . ’ |
| 25 | It could n't be better . |
| 26 | My Lords , may I ask my Noble Friend if it would n't be better really to lease the land for a period of time , perhaps long enough for the anguish felt about the cost of the library as it currently stands and when perhaps more optimistic views could be entertained , because the piece of land it 's on is not going to be recoverable once it 's sold . |
| 27 | Could n't be better . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Could n't be better . ’ |
| 29 | A symbol perhaps of a manufactured city … but the Milton Keynesians , if you can call them that , say life here could n't be better . |
| 30 | The timing of the organisation 's birth could n't be better . |