Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] there [be] n't " in BNC.
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1 | I think also you would expect children who are really quite young , well before the first year , to be showing social interest in other adults around , and if they 're not it might be worth checking that there is n't some problem with the child . |
2 | I think also you would expect children who are really quite young , well before the first year , to be showing social interest in other adults around , and if they 're not it might be worth checking that there is n't some problem with the child . |
3 | The potatoes were so filling that there was n't a great deal of room left for all the other foods they usually ate . |
4 | Her face flamed and she glared at him , wondering if there was n't a grain of truth in what he said . |
5 | I knew I was lying but there was n't anything I could do about it . |
6 | Linfield 's new strip has caused some controversy with certain fans complaining that there is n't enough ‘ blue ’ in it ; Lotto are planning a darker hue for next season . |
7 | It seems the supplier is saying that there is n't a fault at all , leaving the onus on you to establish that there is . |
8 | I 'm not saying that there was n't an expectation that there would be a gradual move in there , and ultimately we would suffer and we would lose that level of grant . |
9 | You can say that three year olds are more like other three year olds than , say , thirty year olds would be like other thirty year olds , and the younger the child the more true that is , so that would be much more true at age a year , assuming that there are n't any physical defects or mental defects , than say at three . |
10 | You can say that three year olds are more like other three year olds than , say , thirty year olds would be like other thirty year olds , and the younger the child the more true that is , so that would be much more true at age a year , assuming that there are n't any physical defects or mental defects , than say at three . |
11 | Prince is now demanding listeners as mixed up and variegated inside as himself , and is finding that there are n't that many around . |
12 | It is all very well for us to sit here and tell teachers to go on extra courses , but they 're finding that there are n't any left , so the next thing that they can turn to the next person they can turn to is the educational psychologist . |
13 | So erm in spite of all the odds of trying to get a candidates a at the beginning , and finding that there was n't one available , and it would n't Is n't one e well not did n't exist . |
14 | I thought you might stand a better chance of winning if there were n't enough votes . |
15 | However , I could n't help thinking that there was n't enough attention paid to the more natural types , the emphasis being instead on sharp or heavily mid-biased sounds . |
16 | Although Rosa Guy 's style also contains energy , hope , imaginative descriptions and sadness , there are no contrasts between happy and sad scenes seeing as there are n't any happy scenes and although Rosa Guy has chosen to write a book on a very serious topic , I do n't think any really stylish book can be without a hint of happiness . |