Example sentences of "[noun prp] be n't be " in BNC.
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1 | Once you 've seen the production , in many ways an unexpected one , you 'll understand that Mr Hall is n't being pretentious and that Mr Hoffman has n't suddenly been struck by false modesty . |
2 | I understand that actually Mr Kinnock was n't being brief this time . |
3 | Diane was starting to wonder if Bob was n't being a little too liberal with the strong stuff in his Hawaiian knockout juice . |
4 | The M15 follow-on to the current i860 XP has n't been cancelled , but Intel is n't being very specific about what is going to happen to it . |
5 | 11 weeks on , Stephen Thomas is n't being allowed to forget the night he was scarred for life . |
6 | Gwen Evans was n't being very helpful . |