Example sentences of "[verb] but it [be] n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | The squash had an undertaste that I could n't identify but it was n't unpleasant and I happily drank it . |
| 2 | People always think we ignore them when they 're waiting but it is n't really like that . |
| 3 | you know but it was n't any misunderstanding either , he said something |
| 4 | he 's a little , aye I know but he 's , yeah I know but it was n't for a week was it ? |
| 5 | I mean it was a bit loud because it was live music I suppose but it was n't a bad night . |
| 6 | cheque for a few thousand or something , that would have but it were n't . |
| 7 | He was never tightfisted but it was n't often he was that generous . |
| 8 | Carpet company boss Richard Atherton said : ‘ I have apologised but it was n't really our fault . |
| 9 | If they were going along trying to open shop doors , they could go in as a suspected person loitering but it was n't looked upon very favourably by the courts . |
| 10 | ‘ I always did but it is n't easy , is it ? |
| 11 | On Wednesday night he did but it was n't Bangor wearing their usual strip … they are also Apoel Nicosia 's colours and it was the Cypriots who squeezed through 3-2 on aggregate . |
| 12 | We do need to be able to show forgiveness in all the things that we do but it is n't easy and Jesus devotion to is a great challenge to us as to just how far we can go . |
| 13 | I know what you said but it is n't even dried yet . |
| 14 | ‘ I thought it was a weakness I had but it was n't — it proved to be my strength . |
| 15 | This is what a girl in Borstal meant when she said to me , ‘ I gave him everything I had but it was n't enough ’ . |
| 16 | No , this one yo , well we had but it was n't a fast tan . |
| 17 | And , well , I just felt it had been worth trying but it was n't going to work . |