Example sentences of "[be] [conj] be n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't mind , really , what you are or are n't . |
| 2 | It had n't been and was n't far away , just out of sight behind a group of saplings . |
| 3 | explanation and conditions we put on it , to say what we are and are n't going to do , the better . |
| 4 | After a review both the trade and Customs accept that the current legal framework continues to provide a broadly satisfactory distinction between categories that are and are n't excluded from zero-rating for food , Customs said — even though originally there was concern over confusion about the correct interpretation of food products ‘ obtained by the swelling of cereals ’ . |
| 5 | Oh I 'm that are n't you ? |
| 6 | I think we would be wise to reflect a little longer and to think that perhaps the Government is not so far wrong in what it is saying and I have to say finally My Lords that I never in my public life , or indeed in my private life have met anybody who has said to me that their attitude towards their local police force has been in any way influenced by the fact that the members of the police authority were or were n't democratically elected . |
| 7 | Instead of getting worked up about who is or is n't in the Queen 's Honours List why not demand the scrapping of a far more cynical honours system University Honorary Degrees . |
| 8 | Whether he was or was n't , it was great to have a shot like that at that point . |
| 9 | He thought about thallium and the Guillain-Barré syndrome and whether it was or was n't too late to have Elinor heavily insured . |
| 10 | Whatever else Liza Tremayne was or was n't , she was n't at all like Eleanor Fuller . |
| 11 | On another occasion he gave chase to someone running down the platform but when he reached the platform end whoever it was or was n't had vanished . |
| 12 | ‘ Yes , ’ she admitted with no clear idea whether it was or was n't . |
| 13 | I wonder if Philip was or was n't |
| 14 | I wonder if Philip was or was n't |
| 15 | I spent a good while asking for something written down so that I could see what I was and was n't supposed to do , but that was a forlorn hope . |