Example sentences of "'s not " in BNC.
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| 1 | The exchange has roused the analyst to contributions that are firmer and more energy-consuming than those he generally vouchsafes : ‘ it 's not the past but what we make of the past that shapes our future and present . ’ |
| 2 | The wrecker explains that , one way or another , ‘ it 's not easy to pull down monuments ’ . |
| 3 | But then I 'll be told that it 's not about him at all , in that silly sense . |
| 4 | It 's not much use arriving somewhere at ten in the morning clutching the collected works under your arm and wishing you had a wig and been born thirty years earlier in order to play Lear — or for that matter the Duke of Gloucester . |
| 5 | There 's not the smallest orb which thou behold'st |
| 6 | You 're silenced forever if your groove 's not joined . |
| 7 | It is easy to understand this , but it 's not so easy to evaluate the different elements of theatre training , and see just how they contribute to the making of that elusive thing , ‘ a compleat actor ’ . |
| 8 | It 's not much use thinking of the voice without the body , even though each is the subject of a separate training class . |
| 9 | It 's not a matter of theorising — hard work never is . |
| 10 | And with the theatre running into difficulties about subsidy it 's not getting any more hopeful . |
| 11 | So , wrote Harsnet , there is continuity as well as discontinuity , but that does not mean , he wrote , that there exists what is called character , personality , character , Goldberg wrote in the margin , personality , as they seem to think , wrote Harsnet ( and Goldberg went on typing ) , when they say you have such a generous character if you would only recognize it , or you have so much to offer , or it is not for myself I speak but for you , not for myself I mourn but for the waste of all that generosity , when they pour those words over you , character , generosity , warmth , looking sad , shedding tears , putting on a brave face , saying do n't pay any attention to me , or , it 's nothing , forget it , I 'm crying for the waste , meaning waste if it 's not directed towards them , but you have only to see what happens when one lets oneself be persuaded by that sort of thing , wrote Harsnet , you have only to see what happened to Hutchinson , MacMahon , Rollins and Goldberg . |
| 12 | That 's not the point , he said . |
| 13 | It 's not the stopping or the burning or the escaping to Africa that will make an end of it . |
| 14 | Because it 's not grand enough ? |
| 15 | That 's not only what life is all about , he would say , pointing to it , it 's what art 's all about too . |
| 16 | And it 's not very different in the West . |
| 17 | ‘ That 's not the way you do catering properly . |
| 18 | It 's not the only moutarde à l'ancienne . |
| 19 | Grilled beef can take any style providing that it 's not too sweet ( as German mustards are ) or flavoured with an unsuitable herb such as dill . |
| 20 | Not when it 's not Sunday . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ That 's not true ! ’ she said , but her voice betrayed her . |
| 22 | Act Three 's just gone up , so she 'll be a while , but Miss Baird 's not on yet . |
| 23 | ‘ No she 's not . |
| 24 | ‘ And he 's not the most cultural man , but I expect he 'll accept all the same . ’ |
| 25 | It 's not the sort of thing the son of an important man should say . ’ |
| 26 | He 's not a proper father : he 'd rather talk to a foreigner than come and find his own son . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's not as though a gentleman would only bring one or two pairs of shoes with him to a house-party . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Actually , when she 's not there Margot calls Miss Chalder their deceptionist . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm afraid , ’ said Henry Tyler with every appearance of regret , ‘ That 's not my Department . ’ |
| 30 | Otherwise you could have seen the garden , although there 's not much to look at at this time of the year . ’ |