Example sentences of "[noun sg] be n't be " in BNC.
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| 1 | you see the association was n't being made |
| 2 | When his or her car was n't being illegally clamped , stolen , broken into , photographed by a Gatso camera or failing the MoT emissions test , it was costing an arm and a leg to insure . |
| 3 | Erm the District Council is n't being arbitrary in er in this respect . |
| 4 | Harbury was saying : ‘ The Pascoes ’ telephone is n't being answered . |
| 5 | He says that the hospital should have told them a new machine was n't being bought . |
| 6 | And all , all the other things we 've listed out that have taken up time of the team were n't being done in September . |
| 7 | It was a tragedy that this match was n't being shown on television back home — Pickering |
| 8 | But a man who claimed that his wife was n't being affectionate enough was refused a divorce — she was n't being unreasonable , that 's just the kind of woman she was . |
| 9 | The police are urging motorists to remain patient , but early evidence suggests the advice is n't being heeded . |
| 10 | I think it 's a lovely light foliage is n't is ? |
| 11 | I 'm a keen gardener , and someone told me that Pat Weaver 's patch was n't being used . |
| 12 | ‘ Being in love is n't being married . ’ |
| 13 | Occasionally that plan backfired and a genuine neurotic would arrive , soon to engage all and sundry in a lengthy discourse about the cold , the warmth and the fact that the automatic door was n't being automatic why oh why oh why do people keep leaving it open , ca n't they think of others for a change , you 'd have thought it was n't too much trouble … |
| 14 | Lounge was n't was n't a word that was heard . |
| 15 | And then , I thought well I gosh this caravan is n't is it because the salt had gone ? |
| 16 | And I know it 's important to be equal in careers and to have equal opportunities and I 'm not arguing against that , but I also think that perhaps , in doing so some women also lose the pride in being a woman , and e equality is n't being a man , which I think some feminists take that view , that they 're not equal to a man unless they 're earning money . |
| 17 | well it 's not all that inflammable , gas oil is n't is it ? |
| 18 | Because your heart is n't being given the triggers that says , Hey , I 'm exercising , I need to pump more blood round the body because I 'm doing exercise . |
| 19 | If say the female has got an income of only er two thousand a year , she 's got er an unused allowance of fourteen forty five , in other words , erm that er three four four five allowance is n't being used now , I mean if we put ten thousand into his name , erm we would er suffer tax at erm say twenty five percent on most of it . |
| 20 | You 're also given good control of the printer , so you can see why a document is n't being printed , or you can cancel all pending print jobs . |
| 21 | The most upsetting thing for me has been to see her medical notes and realise that she could have got the right treatment at home … that is if her country was n't being torn apart by war |
| 22 | The Doctor sat with an unreadable expression , which presumably meant his patience was n't being strained . |
| 23 | Her progress was n't being helped by over-eager spectators , but after 28,000 miles Nuclear Electric crossed the line for overall victory , by just one hour and 10 minutes . |
| 24 | Pursuing legal action would have cost them money they did n't have ( unless it meant selling their house which was not an option ) but doing nothing left them with the feeling that justice was n't being done . |