Example sentences of "[verb] it [be] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | Breaking up the surface is well worth avoiding , firstly to save it and give yourself another heavenly run tomorrow , and secondly because when your edges start to catch it 's not much fun to ski and can be dangerous . |
| 2 | The rate of recent discoveries of sweatshops in France , Britain , Italy and other countries suggest it is not just a North American phenomenon . |
| 3 | Complaints from the side of the parish officers suggest it was not uncommon . |
| 4 | ‘ How do we know it 's not a trap ? ’ |
| 5 | I can only say that in your own experience you must know it 's not that easy to stop loving someone . |
| 6 | Mm I mean er why do n't they do it on like the square , how big your house is because that way you could I know it 's not far when people who live in a great big old house do n't have to pay as much cos if this I mean Uncle Trevor and Aunty they 've got a massive great house have n't they ? |
| 7 | I do n't know it 's not far away . |
| 8 | I do n't know It 's not very interesting , I mean it , it 's big . |
| 9 | How do you know it is n't on ? |
| 10 | Well , Mr Patten will do his best to make a silk purse out of a sow 's ear , and the audience will know it was not his idea . |
| 11 | It would be a comfort to her and she would never know it was not true . |
| 12 | She could not really let herself understand what he was saying , but she knew she had to speak out , to let him know it was not just the thought of her father that had brought her here . |
| 13 | He must know it was not true . |
| 14 | He must know it was not how much they earned that was important — not when they were insolvent — it was when they earned it that counted . |
| 15 | I did n't know exactly where Leicester Square was , but 1 did know it was n't far from Piccadilly , I had seen it in one of those tourist maps I had in my hand a short while ago , did n't know where it went , probably left it in the cinema showing the explicit sex film which was n't . |
| 16 | ‘ How do you know it was n't , Liam ? ’ called out Tim from the side bar . |
| 17 | I mean , I did n't know it was n't . |
| 18 | As they went down , he asked : ‘ When he called , how did you know it was n't me ? ’ |
| 19 | In any case , they do n't know it was n't true . |
| 20 | How do you know it was n't the other way around ? ’ |
| 21 | Pity it is n't real really in n it ? |
| 22 | Pity it 's not cellulose … |
| 23 | Pity it was n't his severed head she was going to view ! |
| 24 | Pity it was n't in the national newspapers because my lawyer said I could have retired on the proceeds . |
| 25 | it was the same in the second half … the save of the game stopped an equaliser from Joey Beauchamp … and after that well the United players just had to accept it was n't going to be their day … |
| 26 | ‘ I said if we drew it was not the end of the world . |
| 27 | ‘ I felt if I was dropped it was not too bad to be dropped in favour of the second-best hooker in England . ’ |
| 28 | My father just pretended it was n't happening . |
| 29 | I wondered what would happen if I ignored the call or pretended it was n't me , but I had a strong feeling that they knew it was me . |
| 30 | Last night he had to put new plugs in , they were brand new before he crashed it were n't they ? |