Example sentences of "[coord] it 's not [subord] " in BNC.
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1 | And it 's not until that economic climate changes that people are l are able to relate to what the politicians say . |
2 | ‘ There are two thirds of the season left and it 's not as cut and dried as everyone thinks , ’ he claimed . |
3 | You 're right , Dorigo is definitely one of our most consistent defenders , and it 's not as though we 've been blessed with an abundance of them in recent years ! |
4 | But this time , all that is gone ; and it 's not because you have aged a lot , or changed . |
5 | I do n't really want to be seen as part of the team and it 's not because I do n't like them — they 're all nice people — it 's just that I do n't want to be The Word 's latest wanker . |
6 | of the , the national average and it 's not because erm they 're paying high wages to get the , the most able people , it 's because there are mechanisms , institutional mechanisms that keep wages high , there 's no market in the jobs for , th these are generalizations but I think they are fairly , fairly true erm becau there is no market for er for the jobs , for civil service jobs that appointments are made and it is much more important who you know than , than what , what you know and the old boy network , as it 's called , in this country is fairly important in the English Civil Service but a similar sort of network tends to be far more important in developing countries , something that is euphemistically called patronage erm but we might call the old boy network or er er jobs for the boys whatever , but erm |
7 | But he was talking to me , and he said , he said ah how , how you getting on over there , and he went yeah , yeah , it 's alright , you know , but it 's not where I want to be , you know , away from me family . |
8 | There 's a little tiny bit to tinker with , but it 's not if we were to , we , we 're canvassing at pressed about altering the length of the lunchtime break to break it down from an hour and a half and an hour and a quarter to an hour and a quarter to an hour which is being we would save some money on not paying our |
9 | Yeah but it 's not cos I , well I want it before the first of December . |
10 | But it 's not though they 've cracked one big crime ring . |
11 | But it 's not because I 'm ill , ’ she added , with a note of self-importance and pleasure that Caterina could not help noticing . |
12 | This sounds easy but it 's not when faced with 10 mean faces all wanting to ‘ splat ’ you . |
13 | But I found when I looked at my books a week ago , or a fortnight ago , I thought , oh I know this , I know this , but it 's not until you get into it that you think shit ! |
14 | Well , it 's Sunday , but it 's not until next week is it ? |