Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] it was n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | Little did he know that it was n't a smile , but a grimace of pain . |
| 2 | He tore it open and found that it was n't empty , just that the fine powder inside took up so little space . |
| 3 | We were also glad to report that the lease holders at the time found that it was n't profitable and relinquished their rights . |
| 4 | Morag and Granny started on this job right away but they soon found that it was n't as easy as it looked . |
| 5 | He did that to get publicity , cos in fact they found that it was n't eh , rubbish he was selling in there . |
| 6 | And he obviously did n't know and it was n't public knowledge that it was his wife that was |
| 7 | I found the homework , homework diary was useful because I used to check in , end of every of week they used to know if it was n't there I 'd want to know why it was n't done ! |
| 8 | You 'd be walking if it was n't for me . |
| 9 | One is forced to ask what OSF had to gain and wonders if it was n't some kind of supralegal manoeuvre to put pressure on Addamax and Sun because they 've got something on the OSF contingent . |
| 10 | You indicated to me when we last met that it was n't . ’ |
| 11 | The third one : once the buzz bombs started to come over it was at last realised that it was n't a very good idea to have children evacuated directly on the flight path between Germany and London , and we were all shipped off to other locations , myself to Teignmouth in Devon . |
| 12 | As they turned into it Massingham realized that it was n't strange to him , he had been here before . |
| 13 | But now that Lorenzini had mentioned him he realized that it was n't . |
| 14 | Then I looked at it again and I realized that it was n't too hard . |
| 15 | But then , Bella 's home-help came out of the bungalow and it was no use any more trying to pretend that it was n't happening … . |
| 16 | When she got pregnant her social worker booked her into here , as there was not much space at her home and Barbara agreed that it was n't right that her mother should have her back with a baby as well . |
| 17 | Or schools get very excited by computer-assisted learning , ordering equipment and retraining teachers — only to find that the pupils , so full of enthusiasm three years ago , have totally lost interest , while the ‘ experts ’ are once again suggesting that it was n't such a good idea after all . |
| 18 | The the reconciliations suggesting that it was n't a good stock take . |
| 19 | For a moment Lucy had thought that it was Jeanette McArdle , but then she realised that it was n't . |
| 20 | Through his haze , Charles realised that it was n't just the crisis that made them so deferential ; it was the part he was now playing , too . |
| 21 | But as they cuddled the dead baby they realised that it was n't their child . |
| 22 | Then I realised what I was saying , and it sort of realised that it was n't really a a complimentary thing to say to her . |
| 23 | But the time came when Graham Thomas , who was then the Trust 's Gardens Adviser , suddenly had to produce a report and I began to see that it was n't quite like the old days . |
| 24 | I mean we we have more than done what was supposed to be to start with to see that it was n't a drain on the parish . |
| 25 | And when , after the girl had gone , Laura had gazed about the chaotic-looking living-room , she 'd had to agree that it was n't up to her standards , either . |
| 26 | In fact , we did go down there for a week to explore the possibilities , and I admitted that it was n't what it was and that the rosy glow that still suffused me at the very name was probably nostalgia for my touring days , when it was the most prestigious of all the dates . |
| 27 | But , realising that it was n't very good manners to sit there bemoaning her lot , she made a huge attempt to get over her disappointment , and trotted out lightly , ‘ Oh well , perhaps it 's fortunate that I find Mariánské Láznë quite an enchanting place . ’ |
| 28 | Once when he was alone with her he 'd said it would be nice to have a brother , but she 'd explained that it was n't possible . |
| 29 | Either the place was worth searching or it was n't . |
| 30 | him breathalysed although it was n't |