Example sentences of "[vb pp] but it [be] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | that 's er one of those upright ones in there she said yeah I thought Claire might be interested in that and so I was thinking it was like the ones we 've seen but it 's not , it 's completely round and it 's on erm like a stand like that , you know , it 's an upright |
| 2 | I think there 's a pride that , that the majority of firemen are , are fairly clean and smart erm there are the odd ones that have to be told but it 's not the same sort of discipline now as there was , and I 'm not sure whether it 's right or wrong , all I see I , I enjoy the discipline when I had it , I sometimes wish it was brought back but er it 's not the time now it seems for that type of discipline , so I think they manage well but er I would like to see a little more but perhaps I 'm a bit old fashioned . |
| 3 | Eric 's name was not given but it was not difficult to guess that it was him . |
| 4 | The field was limited but it was not limited solely to Lady Diana Spencer . |
| 5 | The incursion of party politics into local government is sometimes deplored but it is not a new development ( Widdicombe 1986 , Vol . |
| 6 | Anyway , it 's cut but it 's not . |
| 7 | She said Mr Khamenei was hit but it was not known if he had died . |
| 8 | ‘ I know I am being investigated but it is not something I would like to talk about . ’ |
| 9 | A police spokesman said the incidents are being investigated but it is not possible to speculate why vandals are concentrating on this car . |
| 10 | Maggie sat on the bed and fumed but it was not long before she started to smile . |
| 11 | On April 3 the UK Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd said with reference to the dispute that " the military option is not being excluded but it is not being planned " . |
| 12 | They prefer to be unlocked but it is not prison to them . ’ |
| 13 | Her eyes strained but it was not repeated . |
| 14 | And other people other people think spelling should be changed but it 's not going to be and they 're still going to mark it one the exam if you do n't get it right . |