Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [conj] [pers pn] [verb] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | SIR JACOB : It is right that she do n't seem desirous to drown the remembrance of her original in her education . |
| 2 | It 's only that I have n't been able to get to the bank , being ill and all that , and I have n't got any money for the rent . |
| 3 | Where I have a little concern and that 's only 'cos I do n't know the of all of it , is that you are picking up , yes very minor non-conformances but in practice fairly large numbers in a fairly short time scale what I would be concerned about is when you get your B S I audit that these other areas that you have n't looked at have got equally this lack of attention to detail , that you end up with not only major break down in your system , but sufficient minor breakdowns in your system , to cause them to say that they wo n't give you registration . |
| 4 | ‘ That 's only 'cos you do n't know what you 're into . |
| 5 | Only it 's only cos it has n't got the extra |
| 6 | No , it 's only cos he does n't |
| 7 | It 's only because you did n't tell your bloody brothers ! |
| 8 | ‘ She 's always talking about going to see her nephew and his children , but she 's never gone and it 's only because she has n't enough money for the ticket . ’ |
| 9 | I think we have to be a little bit careful about this because , of course , erm the feeling is not that once they 've been in the job for a little while that they are still amateurs , it 's merely that we do n't require them to know a great deal about what they 're going to do before they start . |
| 10 | And Charlie 's in but I do n't get on with him . |
| 11 | Now if you notice Carol 's movements , they are always in a an upward direction and the reason for this is so that you do n't drag the skin , so when you 're whatever you 're doing with your face , whe , when you 're cleansing , toning , and moisturize , always try and keep the movements going up because you do n't want to stretch the face , you do n't want to make any any loose skin any looser than it is |
| 12 | A second reason is perhaps that we have not obtained many of the much-trumpeted benefits that we were promised from the original Common Market . |
| 13 | that 's so that we do n't have to mess about with it , it , it |
| 14 | No , though these are my gloves , it 's so that I do n't get perspiration on the , on the dress , yes , or rings or anything , so |
| 15 | We do not know anybody here except you , because Father is away and we do not know his address . |
| 16 | It 's best if I do n't go unless there 's a proper green light thing . |
| 17 | ‘ It is not that we do n't like banks , just , well , I 've never even had a personal overdraft . ’ |
| 18 | When Sly Stallone ( wearing , these days , more eye-liner than Sophia Loren ) is up there , playing it for laughs on the set , the worst thing is not that you do n't laugh , but that you feel anxious for him . |
| 19 | It is not that he does n't care , just that his sense of values are different — not better , not worse , just different . |
| 20 | ‘ It is not that I do n't long for my former mate , But because of you I wo n't reach my flock . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ It is not that I have n't got time for girls . |
| 22 | It is not that she does not know what to say , it is that there is not enough time to say all she knows . |
| 23 | If open hostilities have not commenced with the Nez Perce it is not because they have not been outraged to that degree when ‘ forbearance ceases to be a virtue . ’ |
| 24 | This is not because they do n't enjoy the subject but because of the way the courses are structured . |
| 25 | But , explained John Gapper , the secretary of the Labour and Industrial Correspondents Group : ‘ His office says this is not because he does not like us ’ . |
| 26 | As Wittgenstein observed : ‘ If however I doubt whether a spider feels pain , it is not because I do n't know what to expect ’ ( Z 564 ) . |
| 27 | According to Lakatos , a field of enquiry is a science if it conforms to the methodology of scientific research programmes and is not if it does not , bearing in mind that this is a conjecture to be tested against the history of physics . |
| 28 | Its figure is higher than the CBO 's largely because it does not take into account the fact that the quarterly long-bond auctions had already been pruned over the past year , from around $12 billion to $1.25 billion . |
| 29 | Once again these hidden costs have been part of the investment-need right from the beginning — it is just that they have not been looked at closely enough . |
| 30 | It is just that I do n't know what the man will do . |