Example sentences of "[verb] [that] it [be] n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she must know that it is n't clever to be asked to leave a country while on assignment . |
| 2 | Little did he know that it was n't a smile , but a grimace of pain . |
| 3 | It was a relief to Jean to know that it is n't just the children after all . |
| 4 | So , like a mug , I went out and bought it , only to find that it is n't anything like Pink Floyd . |
| 5 | He tore it open and found that it was n't empty , just that the fine powder inside took up so little space . |
| 6 | We were also glad to report that the lease holders at the time found that it was n't profitable and relinquished their rights . |
| 7 | Morag and Granny started on this job right away but they soon found that it was n't as easy as it looked . |
| 8 | He did that to get publicity , cos in fact they found that it was n't eh , rubbish he was selling in there . |
| 9 | Probably you 'd already gathered that it is n't the first time he 's played similar tricks , and that he 's a law to himself , and comes and goes as he pleases . |
| 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 | And do n't think that it is n't a temptation . |
| 16 | And this time no one will even try to pretend that it is n't murder . ’ |
| 17 | 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 … . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The the reconciliations suggesting that it was n't a good stock take . |
| 21 | For a moment Lucy had thought that it was Jeanette McArdle , but then she realised that it was n't . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | But as they cuddled the dead baby they realised that it was n't their child . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Unwisely , he added : ‘ I 'm beginning to see that it is n't enough . ’ |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | But the school insists that it is n't selling out to commercial interests |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |