Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [conj] it [be] n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like , you could n't have pianos or sax because it was n't hardcore . ’ |
| 2 | Theresa led the way , between grass almost knee-high bordered by a riot of unpruned roses , to the porch , then reached for a key hung high on a nail , less , Dalgliesh supposed , for security reasons than to ensure that it was n't lost . |
| 3 | One is forced to ask what OSF had to gain and wonders if it was n't some kind of supralegal manoeuvre to put pressure on Addamax and Sun because they 've got something on the OSF contingent . |
| 4 | He tore it open and found that it was n't empty , just that the fine powder inside took up so little space . |
| 5 | Whereas before I used to say let's do this or that and worry if it was n't done , now I 've decided that I 'm really not going to worry about the garden any more . |
| 6 | Indeed , Mr Voss had last year written to The Daily Telegraph extolling the place — ‘ for patrons who wish to relax in comfort and splendour and enjoy the delights of haute cuisine ’ — and complaining that it was n't fair that Paddy Burt had written about a nearby Dorset establishment ( albeit unfavourably ) . |
| 7 | He bent to get a closer look at one drawing that had been fixed lower than the others , as if the teacher had somehow tried to segregate it off and pretend that it was n't part of the display . |
| 8 | There 's an assumption by some politicians that just because there is this immense change taking place in Eastern Europe , that this is victory for Western capitalism erm , I think there might be some of who might be a bit cautious about that victory and might believe that er there is still much that needs to be shared and understood and it is n't as simple as perhaps some political figures might suggest it could be . |
| 9 | However , the atmosphere was so friendly and relaxed that it was n't long before we made lots of friends and , spurred on by the Animation Team , joined in the occasional game of volleyball or tennis — you can hire racquets and even have expert tuition if you want to improve on your technique . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's sad that having made the assurances in court and accepted that it was n't an acceptable way of doing business , that it turns out that they are still carrying on . ’ |
| 11 | It was as if to prove that it was n't England that had changed that Losey went on to make Accident ( 1967 ) , a powerful triangle drama involving two very different Oxford academics and their exotic pupil , financed from English sources . |