Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] it [be] n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a relief to Jean to know that it is n't just the children after all . |
| 2 | So , like a mug , I went out and bought it , only to find that it is n't anything like Pink Floyd . |
| 3 | I found the homework , homework diary was useful because I used to check in , end of every of week they used to know if it was n't there I 'd want to know why it was n't done ! |
| 4 | And this time no one will even try to pretend that it is n't murder . ’ |
| 5 | But then , Bella 's home-help came out of the bungalow and it was no use any more trying to pretend that it was n't happening … . |
| 6 | Unwisely , he added : ‘ I 'm beginning to see that it is n't enough . ’ |
| 7 | But the time came when Graham Thomas , who was then the Trust 's Gardens Adviser , suddenly had to produce a report and I began to see that it was n't quite like the old days . |
| 8 | I mean we we have more than done what was supposed to be to start with to see that it was n't a drain on the parish . |
| 9 | And when , after the girl had gone , Laura had gazed about the chaotic-looking living-room , she 'd had to agree that it was n't up to her standards , either . |
| 10 | But there was just enough from John Major this week to suggest that it is n't a fantasy either . |
| 11 | Contrary to the obvious evidence you find , there is also enough clues to suggest that it was n't Jack the Ripper at all . |
| 12 | Having said that , you may come to the conclusion that you do n't want to continue because it is n't what YOU want to do . |
| 13 | But somehow over the last twenty-four hours she 'd allowed herself to hope that it was n't true . |
| 14 | Theresa led the way , between grass almost knee-high bordered by a riot of unpruned roses , to the porch , then reached for a key hung high on a nail , less , Dalgliesh supposed , for security reasons than to ensure that it was n't lost . |
| 15 | And if it is n't honey , the absence of that taste will cause Pooh to believe that it is n't honey . |
| 16 | ‘ You must try to understand that it is n't a message , as such . |
| 17 | She 's one of several who 'd be unable to study if it were n't for the nursery . |
| 18 | Betty began to open her mouth to argue that it was n't well-trained at all until she remembered that it did n't exist , and she had vowed not to get drawn into Lydia 's idiotic fantasies . |
| 19 | Erm , four nine , the research of formal question letter , order form or contract , to my mind , quite honestly , a purchase order form is a contract from the client but erm , the quiff seemed to think that it was n't so , I do n't know whether it 's worth changing this , depends how the auditors form . |
| 20 | He slightly shook his head , hoping to imply that it was n't important how he seemed . |
| 21 | But of course the minister in his speech earlier went far wider than that er he seemed to imply that it was n't just er th er duty on the accountant er acting in capa his capacity as an auditor but er the the accountant would have the same duty if acting as an accountant , tax advisor or indeed in any other capacity . |
| 22 | Predictably , perhaps , one eagle-eyed visitor to the Royal Photographic Society in Bath , where the sculpture is currently showing , rang up to complain that it was n't accurate , that the bowler could n't have been doing all those things . |
| 23 | Writing to his mother and father , he said he wanted to explain that it was n't extravagance that had led him to buy not one coat but two , and two pairs of trousers . |
| 24 | It would be a chance to see her on neutral ground , maybe even a chance to explain that it was n't his bloody fault that Laura had shown up at the door only seconds before she herself had . |
| 25 | erm its but I think to say that it is n't happening in schools is a bit unfair , because I do think it does happen in many schools erm and but there 's a great deal of work to be done . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'd have somethin' to say if it was n't . ’ |
| 27 | Pot ‘ Mr Major 's first comment when he finally emerged blinking from the air raid shelter last week was to protest that it was n't his fault — it was the markets that were irrational . |
| 28 | It was as if to prove that it was n't England that had changed that Losey went on to make Accident ( 1967 ) , a powerful triangle drama involving two very different Oxford academics and their exotic pupil , financed from English sources . |
| 29 | Smoke was curling up from the chimney , but Virginia was thankful to note that it was n't coloured . |