Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] it [be] n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tore it open and found that it was n't empty , just that the fine powder inside took up so little space . |
| 2 | We were also glad to report that the lease holders at the time found that it was n't profitable and relinquished their rights . |
| 3 | Morag and Granny started on this job right away but they soon found that it was n't as easy as it looked . |
| 4 | He did that to get publicity , cos in fact they found that it was n't eh , rubbish he was selling in there . |
| 5 | ‘ As far as the clothing is concerned , it 's all in the reports , but to save you time I can tell you more or less what we found and it is n't a great deal . |
| 6 | You indicated to me when we last met that it was n't . ’ |
| 7 | As they turned into it Massingham realized that it was n't strange to him , he had been here before . |
| 8 | But now that Lorenzini had mentioned him he realized that it was n't . |
| 9 | Then I looked at it again and I realized that it was n't too hard . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | For a moment Lucy had thought that it was Jeanette McArdle , but then she realised that it was n't . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | But as they cuddled the dead baby they realised that it was n't their child . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Two waiters came into the buffet arguing , and then noticed that it was n't empty and went out again . |
| 17 | Yet she asked again , and this time , though his mind was stewed in bliss , the tiny voice of reason murmured that it was n't his lady who was asking the question at all , but the woman on the telephone . |
| 18 | The bossy sister confirmed that it was n't possible to give an address . |
| 19 | She could only stand and stare spellbound a little when he replied that it was n't smoke , but vapour from the warm stream that ran through the town . |
| 20 | Leonard stayed like Breavman at the International Student 's House , from whose lofty heights he could see across New York ‘ relieved that it was n't his city , ’ in the day wandering all over New York ‘ to stare and taste at will . ’ |
| 21 | I mean Harlequins actually , erm , alleged that it was n't just an , an indiscriminate boot or a punch , this was quite er , yeah |
| 22 | Now I protested that it was n't properly decorated yet and that I 'd rather he came when I had it looking its best . |
| 23 | After much investigation , he discovered that it was n't a British resident at all , but a Russian bird that must somehow have been blown off course from its migratory route during the hurricane-force storms of the previous year — the storms that had immediately preceded its arrival in our village car park . |
| 24 | He began it , but then he stopped because he decided that it was n't an interesting enough story . |
| 25 | ‘ On the Friday night I had stayed up to watch the late film , and at 3.30am I decided that it was n't worthwhile going to bed as I had to be at John 's house at seven o'clock . |
| 26 | we had Roy and then we had Simon for a bit and then we decided because it was n't working altogether an Edinburgh person and a Glasgow person |
| 27 | She felt that it was n't children 's job or children 's responsibility to look after the world , it was our job , and that it was not fair to make children feel responsible for doing that erm I mean that seems to me to be a legitimate viewpoint and erm but it 's one of many and I mean other people may feel that in order to save the planet , or indeed prevent wars in the future , it is important to expose children to the dangers of , you know , the current situation . |
| 28 | Of course I did n't know at the time that this was to have been O's last night in The Bar ; and I knew that it was n't Boy 's first visit to The Bar , I mean he did not see O the very day he walked in , their eyes did not meet across the bar on that very first night . |
| 29 | Now I knew that it was n't to be said . |
| 30 | He knew that it was n't going to be easy . |