Example sentences of "[pers pn] be n't [adv] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was n't actually that stoned were you ? |
| 2 | Their chief executive , Andy Barton , feels , with some reason one would have to say , that it is n't right that the government should bail out a competitor . |
| 3 | It is n't just that she does n't have the stomach to eat anything because of her morbid dread of flying ; more that she ca n't accept touching anything anti-Green . |
| 4 | However , it is n't just that their perceptions and responses are affected by their beliefs . |
| 5 | It is n't just that the repertory is far-removed from that of the harp 's romantic territory — and , to the best of my recollection , of a kind last explored ( more conservatively and on a modern instrument ) in an entire disc by Zabaleta ( Archiv ) over 20 years ago , nor that it is played on two pedal-less early harps , it 's the spirit with and in which it is executed . |
| 6 | It is n't often that unions have taken up issues such as racial or sex discrimination or unfair dismissal , and when workers have come out on strike they have usually been slow and reluctant to make these strikes official . |
| 7 | It is n't often that you hear a genuine story of a tail wagging the dog but spreadsheets and personal computers are just such a case . |
| 8 | It is n't often that a new cruising ground opens to yachtsmen , particularly one that has hundred of deserted anchorages , summer water temperatures comparable to the Med , and which is the same sailing distance from Britain as Gibraltar . |
| 9 | It is n't only that they enjoy commercial success and critical acclaim , but because they are , in the jargon of the trade , ‘ good copy ’ — talkative , controversial , witty and opinionated on a whole range of topics . |
| 10 | Well it is n't only that I mean er we do n't provide the food when they 're at home , do we ? |
| 11 | It was n't right that Sendei should just be left here . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ Still , it was n't exactly that I was thinking of , ’ the Marshal said . |
| 14 | It was n't exactly that he wanted a present . |
| 15 | It was n't exactly that he was afraid ; he just did n't want to leave Frances . |
| 16 | It was n't simply that he was managing to smile with his mouth full — a difficult enough task at the best of times — it was that his smile expressed so many real , positive qualities that it must be designed to sell something . |
| 17 | It was n't simply that he seemed incapable of telling the truth : he could n't begin to express any thought without it sounding false or grotesque . |
| 18 | It was n't simply that he felt protective towards him . |
| 19 | ‘ It was n't even that I felt unhappy . |
| 20 | It worried him a bit , but it was n't here that he looked nervous and gave me reason to be concerned . |
| 21 | It was n't just that copies of knitting patterns in a popular British magazine were regarded as subersive , or even that the border guards had strict rules about the permitted length of visitors ' hair . |
| 22 | It was n't just that Major appeared to have accepted a dare to go through an entire broadcast without offering a single specific incentive of any kind for people to vote for him , but Brunson , an experienced broadcaster , was even odder . |
| 23 | It was n't just that Nottingham 's studious fullback landed seven goals from his solitary World Cup appearance , against the American Eagles at Twickenham last October . |
| 24 | It was n't just that the parents had to be kept under control despite the fact that they and the police were in many respects working at cross purposes , it was the danger of some third party interfering … a go-between with power and influence was what the Captain dreaded most … |
| 25 | It was n't just that Bernice had no time for women who made themselves look like that ; the other woman demanded attention . |
| 26 | It was n't just that the thing looked misshapen and ugly and threatening . |
| 27 | It was n't just that it looked so out of place hanging against the speckled mystery of clean , deep space . |
| 28 | It was n't just that their possessions , wood and porcelain , paint and linen , symbolised their joint life . |
| 29 | It was n't just that she was strikingly beautiful ; there was an unworldly air about her . |
| 30 | It was n't just some inevitable reserve because of the age difference , and it was n't just that she was an intensely private person whose public persona did n't tell the whole story . |