Example sentences of "[verb] it [is] [not/n't] " 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 | ‘ How do we know it 's not a trap ? ’ |
| 4 | I can only say that in your own experience you must know it 's not that easy to stop loving someone . |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | I do n't know it 's not far away . |
| 7 | I do n't know It 's not very interesting , I mean it , it 's big . |
| 8 | How do you know it is n't on ? |
| 9 | Pity it is n't real really in n it ? |
| 10 | Pity it 's not cellulose … |
| 11 | And remember , although it 's a ‘ valve ’ preamp it 's not an ‘ all-valve ’ preamp like the Mesa Boogie TriAxis ( which we will be looking at next month ) . |
| 12 | We may also include in discourse deixis a number of other ways in which an utterance signals its relation to surrounding text , e.g. utterance-initial anyway seems to indicate that the utterance that contains it is not addressed to the immediately preceding discourse , but to one or more steps back . |
| 13 | well I think it would be easier to go straight down here and walk out other door , one of other doors , it 's not as far I do n't think , the way I 've come it 's not , it 's quite a way like what er |
| 14 | You go down there on your hands and knees and you report it 's not meet and then you |
| 15 | When Jason gives some of the money back , which he should n't have , you say it is n't enough . |
| 16 | No , no , thank you very much , it 's all right , he is n't badly hurt , a sprained ankle , and they say it is n't serious , but it does mean he ca n't come north yet … ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Say it is n't so ! ’ |
| 18 | Say it is n't true ! |
| 19 | And Ballymoney college chiefs say it is n't a case of horses for courses . |
| 20 | Now from what you say it is n't as simple as that at all . |
| 21 | Erm I think we 're er er we 're quite clear at the moment that the correct erm interpretation of it from our point of view is as a fixed asset investment and unless something changes in the er constitution of the company , erm although it may be erm the guiding thing become profitable I think one 's got to play by the rules and the rules at the moment say it is n't one . |
| 22 | The meaning is not in the words it 's in the way you say it is n't it ? |
| 23 | But you will no doubt also understand what I mean when I say it is not at all easy to define just what this quality is . |
| 24 | Economists say it is not terribly relevant because the financial flows are 20 to 50 times as great . |
| 25 | Now in your paragraph six point three you say It is not one of the functions of the York greenbelt to protect Skelton . |
| 26 | ‘ You say it is not my child . |
| 27 | The organisers say it is not just a reaction to the recent carnage in Warrington . |
| 28 | I understand the C E C asked us to withdraw this motion because they say it is not necessary . |
| 29 | Some of the wise men say it is not painting , some of them say it is . |
| 30 | You say it 's not OK just to take , darling , angel , siren , demon , goddess , fucking you fucking canonises me . |