Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] it [be] n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | Probably you 'd already gathered that it is n't the first time he 's played similar tricks , and that he 's a law to himself , and comes and goes as he pleases . |
| 2 | The third one : once the buzz bombs started to come over it was at last realised that it was n't a very good idea to have children evacuated directly on the flight path between Germany and London , and we were all shipped off to other locations , myself to Teignmouth in Devon . |
| 3 | Once when he was alone with her he 'd said it would be nice to have a brother , but she 'd explained that it was n't possible . |
| 4 | him breathalysed although it was n't |
| 5 | But er this is how they they wanted the work done and it was n't a question of one man had to learn the lot you just had to do work away where you were sent to work . |
| 6 | He says that the building fits in with its surroundings , and would never have been allowed to be built if it was n't safe . |
| 7 | I I would have put the apostrophe between the l and the s , but erm , I 'd be prepared to , I 'd be persuaded that it was n't crystal clear . |
| 8 | The operation , originally planned for early afternoon , was re-scheduled and it was n't until quarter to six that she returned to the ward , still feeling groggy from the anaesthetic . |
| 9 | ‘ No one really understood that it was n't anti-women , but rather pro-women , ’ he insists . |
| 10 | And girls were n't employed because it was n't decent for them to be concerned with sex cases . |
| 11 | The effects of stimulation are ‘ all-or-none ’ : either a saccade is elicited or it is n't , and its size and direction are not related to the intensity or frequency of stimulation in the colliculus . |
| 12 | She 'd always known that it was n't her sort of outfit ! |
| 13 | He was never tightfisted but it was n't often he was that generous . |
| 14 | No matter how tedious she was in other ways , he had always assumed that it was n't in her nature to be coarse , and certainly she 'd never displayed evidence of the inclination . |
| 15 | Joe sincerely believed that it was n't in his nature to be cruel . |
| 16 | Carpet company boss Richard Atherton said : ‘ I have apologised but it was n't really our fault . |
| 17 | King was pushing him hard , telling him he was no good and such like , when to King 's surprise Smith started to answer back and no one ever did that , so things worsened and it was n't long before they started fighting , an alarming situation on a small cramped footplate . |
| 18 | I stayed with it for three months , then left because it was n't what I wanted to spend my life doing . |
| 19 | She had discovered that it was n't a proper job ( as she called it to herself ) since none of them was paid for going there or being on the rota . |
| 20 | Achieving a good sound this way determined that it was n't the recorder at fault but the desk . |
| 21 | Erm to my self respect and I just I was determined that it was n't going to happen to my daughter , so in consequence I saw that working on the side to get to get the uniform so that she could go to school in a new uniform same as all the other kids as a necessity . |
| 22 | She was determined that it was n't he who had affected her appetite either , and went down to dinner that night and ate quite a substantial meal , only to return to her room and spend the next hour again having trouble ousting the wretched man . |
| 23 | And then Lily Moore had suggested that it was n't fair , that they ought to take turns at the pulpit and the font . |
| 24 | She thought briefly of AIDS and added : ‘ For one thing , they 've learnt that it is n't very wise … but not because it 's immoral , Johnny . |
| 25 | Once or twice I 've wondered whether it was n't all a trap . |