Example sentences of "[is] [not/n't] [conj] [pers pn] do n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is not that we do n't like banks , just , well , I 've never even had a personal overdraft . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ It is not that I do n't long for my former mate , But because of you I wo n't reach my flock . ’ |
| 4 | This is not because they do n't enjoy the subject but because of the way the courses are structured . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's not that we do n't love each other , ’ explained Louise . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's not that we do n't believe you , Mr Blufton , it 's just that what you said was a bit of a surprise . ’ |
| 8 | Er , a knowledge but erm , I would have to move that we can not accept this recommendation because , it 's not that we do n't er support the scheme within this paper , but it 's that we can not accept . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's not that I do n't want to say anything but I just do n't know what to say , ’ John Ryan , the Welsh coach , sighed . |
| 10 | It 's not that I do n't try — I do . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's not that I do n't care . |
| 12 | It 's not that I do n't want your company . |
| 13 | It 's not that I do n't want to … |
| 14 | ‘ It 's not that I do n't want to be with you , Julia . |
| 15 | Do n't get me wrong , Loretta , ’ he added , ‘ It 's not that I do n't like her . |
| 16 | ‘ Listen , it 's not that I do n't trust you , but … |
| 17 | Ca can I just say one thing , though , if you me nip out , it 's not that I do n't want to listen to this , er , it 's in connection with the property er worries that er , Geoffrey said , I 've got to sign a lot of er , arm twisting letters , which I , they want me to sign today , so if I can take five minutes out to sign those , I hope you will not feel I 'm trying to er skive off , as it were . |
| 18 | Yeah well I do , I do n't , it 's not that I do n't talk to them about it but I mean I 'm pretty open with my mother and father |
| 19 | it 's not that I do n't wan na do it , it 's |
| 20 | it 's not smooth , it 's not that I do n't think it does . |
| 21 | It 's not that I do n't wann it . |
| 22 | Well no it 's not cos you do n't know what your going into do you . |
| 23 | So I hope you 'll understand that if I do n't include my subscription with this letter it 's not because I do n't support you and if I shop in Smiths it 's not because I want them to sell pornography . |
| 24 | I do n't really want to be seen as part of the team and it 's not because I do n't like them — they 're all nice people — it 's just that I do n't want to be The Word 's latest wanker . |
| 25 | It 's not because I do n't love you and Dad , you know that . |
| 26 | and it 's like I said mum it 's not because I do n't trust Angela |
| 27 | It 's it 's not if you do n't reach seven thousand pound it 's not a a failure situation , it 's just that 's we would be very happy to have that because the following year which is when no expenses come up for you know no no production costs come from erm then er that 's that 's the sort of profit we need to calculate for the |
| 28 | And it is n't that we do n't understand ; |
| 29 | ‘ You see , the problem is n't that I do n't want to pay you your salary . |
| 30 | It is n't and you do n't have to stab at the keyboard so as to press both keys at exactly the same time . |