Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] it [be] n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she must know that it is n't clever to be asked to leave a country while on assignment . |
| 2 | Little did he know that it was n't a smile , but a grimace of pain . |
| 3 | And he obviously did n't know and it was n't public knowledge that it was his wife that was |
| 4 | Well you bu you 'll know if it is n't . |
| 5 | And do n't think that it is n't a temptation . |
| 6 | As the monsoon season ran its usual course in Snowdonia , anybody with any sense fled to warmer climes while the rest of us sat and talked about what we would do if it was n't raining . |
| 7 | But I do n't know what I 'd do if it were n't for Sean . |
| 8 | The squash had an undertaste that I could n't identify but it was n't unpleasant and I happily drank it . |
| 9 | Do n't ever believe that it was n't . ’ |
| 10 | But we can now see that it is n't like that at all . |
| 11 | You must see that it is n't natural . |
| 12 | And we can safely bet that it is n't being so generous . |
| 13 | This is such hard work that you may decide that it is n't worth the effort and abandon your attempt to acquire the skills in question . |
| 14 | This would n't always be the case — the pigeon might be able to take cover and elude the peregrine , but the peregrine might equally decide that it was n't worth the chase . |
| 15 | Harvey , on loan from Airdrie , revealed later : ‘ I told Trevor Anderson I would score and it was n't an idle boast . |
| 16 | What would happen if it was n't quite right ? |
| 17 | cheque for a few thousand or something , that would have but it were n't . |
| 18 | I I can not see that it can have because it was n't actually put to him but he did mention twice in his judgement that he was aware of this new material and as Neil Bennet said , we 'll have to wait and see what that is . |
| 19 | But Pete , I may be a bit of a shit mysel' and not exactly a paragon of virtues , and mebbee I 'm not what I made people think I was , but that does n't mean that it is n't true — ; the greed of the bourgeoisie , the oppression , the need to show it up for what it is . |
| 20 | However , once you understand what the lace carriage does you will realise that it is n't a separate mechanism so much as a supplement to your knitting carriage . |
| 21 | ( Parenthetically , let me admit that it is n't easy to resist cracking all those nut jokes . |
| 22 | But would you admit that it was n't any doings of the Tory group that brought that four hundred thousand pounds in ? |
| 23 | Easy — five grand is what I 'd pay if it was n't you . |
| 24 | What would I mean if it was n't , if it was if it was erm think of another U K customer . |
| 25 | But no , it was a certain type of tobacco but you 'd got to bring it ready-rubbed and er you know , it 's back to the Co-op you 'd go and it was n't very far . |
| 26 | ‘ Yes … but I can not pretend that it is n't a family disaster . |
| 27 | You might say that it was n't such a terrible thing , but it 's not the actual abuse that matters so much . |
| 28 | ‘ Why ca n't you accept that it was n't your fault ? |
| 29 | I was given anti- depressants , that did n't help and it was n't until four years later when they actually admitted me to hospital and then an ulcer and the depression disappeared once it had been diagnosed . |
| 30 | Do n't worry if it is n't accurate . |