Example sentences of "i [vb past] [conj] it [be] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , we did go down there for a week to explore the possibilities , and I admitted that it was n't what it was and that the rosy glow that still suffused me at the very name was probably nostalgia for my touring days , when it was the most prestigious of all the dates . |
| 2 | A closer look and I realized that it was not fog but smoke , and very thick at that . |
| 3 | Then I looked at it again and I realized that it was n't too hard . |
| 4 | I replied that it was not the first time , but that I had borne the previous occasions with courage and would do so now . |
| 5 | That night as I lay in bed I prayed that it was not our name , only one like ours ; I still could n't believe it . |
| 6 | Now I protested that it was n't properly decorated yet and that I 'd rather he came when I had it looking its best . |
| 7 | ‘ On the Friday night I had stayed up to watch the late film , and at 3.30am I decided that it was n't worthwhile going to bed as I had to be at John 's house at seven o'clock . |
| 8 | I decided that it was not for me and moved over to accountancy — I had always been reasonable at maths — working for the Co-op and attending college part time . |
| 9 | Of course I did n't know at the time that this was to have been O's last night in The Bar ; and I knew that it was n't Boy 's first visit to The Bar , I mean he did not see O the very day he walked in , their eyes did not meet across the bar on that very first night . |
| 10 | Now I knew that it was n't to be said . |
| 11 | But er I knew that it was n't poss always possible for one to be at the branch meeting you see . |
| 12 | She showed no inclination to argue further , but lay back in her chair , smiling at Robert , and I saw that it was not , as I had believed , understanding and acceptance that her smile revealed , not that their marriage was so secure it could sustain itself in the face of any disagreement , but that Lili could afford to be pleasant because she had no scruples . |
| 13 | I said cos it 's not very good |
| 14 | ‘ I thought it was a weakness I had but it was n't — it proved to be my strength . |
| 15 | This is what a girl in Borstal meant when she said to me , ‘ I gave him everything I had but it was n't enough ’ . |
| 16 | It was n't until they made me squat down and then taped my wrists to my ankles and stuck me in a large sack that I accepted that it was n't going to be a truck , but a car-boot move . |
| 17 | I do n't know why I apologised because it was not my fault that the Crowninshield twins were cocaine freaks , nor that their father wanted to charter Wavebreaker , but I sympathised with Ellen 's distaste for cocaine and was foolish enough to say as much . |
| 18 | I concluded that it was not . |
| 19 | He wanted what I wanted and it was n't love or commitment or really even friendship ( although he called it that ) . |