Example sentences of "[adv prt] [coord] it be not " in BNC.
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| 1 | Either the car engine is on or it is not . |
| 2 | But they had I do n't know if you know it had been absolutely dilapidated , the hall , I mean it was absolutely run down and it was n't used . |
| 3 | After all , we may be learning as we go along but it is n't long before we discover that not everybody has a sylph-like waist or arms that with a little stretch will trail along the floor ! |
| 4 | For example on the building that we 're talking about shifting , first of all we 've got to find a site for the thing , then we 've got to get planning permission , then we 've got to get the actual permission of the owner of the land , then we 've got to make sure that erm electricity 's laid on , that there 's water laid on , that there 's some sort of toilet or other facilities and so on , and when you add all that up it 's quite a complicated sort of series of bureaucratic procedures you 've got to go through and it 's not a question of , you know , of people saying to us as Councillors well , you know , do this for us and we can magic it out in six months out of thin air _ there 's an awful lot of paperwork that 's got to be gone through and an awful lot of people to see and an awful lot of red tape , really , to get through first — I mean just to make sure that the thing 's safe and complies with health and safety standards — and that 's something which you have to get across to young people and if they 're involved in the actual discussions on this and involved in the organisation , they begin to see the complexities and they 're less inclined , I think , to automatically assume that erm people are n't on their side and do n't want to listen . |
| 5 | This sale later fell through and it was not until the following August that Wyvis Hall was finally sold to a Mr and Mrs Langan for the much improved figure of £51,995 . |
| 6 | Towards the end of the 16th century when the President 's Lodge of Queens ' College was built its timber framework was plastered over and it was not until 1911 that the plaster was removed to reveal the massive but somehow delicate oak members which make up the frame . |
| 7 | After , after the years of hardship and loss and then ev everything came as a relief , course we were still at war with the Japanese and people were still in Burma , our soldiers were still in Burma fighting the Japanese , but having said that the main issue was over and it was n't long after the Americans dropped the atomic bomb and of course , I always thought they had to really or else the Japanese would still be fighting now the er they had special dances in the Town Hall for the V E Day and the Americans who did a a jitterbug contest and er I always remember my friend and his sister , who was English , they actually won it against the Yanks he er |
| 8 | However , much harder to anticipate is their sudden appearance in front of you from nowhere in the dark with lights on and it 's not just kids , it 's adults who should know better . |
| 9 | Daddy 's stuck this on and it 's not even right the way round . |
| 10 | And the peedie fairy was just delighted to start with but soon realized that there was something kind of fishy going on and it was n't a very happy place . |
| 11 | walk in , here , this is the end of the where they all went too and that piece is a piece cut off and it 's not , it 's gripped together underneath |
| 12 | Smith and Steve Mardenborough both limped off and it was n't until the 62nd minute that the home keeper was tested by a 25-yard floater from Mitch Cook . |
| 13 | Then there was voices , and then it sounded as if the boot went down and then there was the doors bang again and then it revved off and it was n't long it came back . |
| 14 | And how d' you get toast charred so that you 've got to scrape it off but it is n't burnt ? |
| 15 | For example , easements over land are generally precisely identified in the document that set them up and it is not possible simply to remove one without the agreement of the person with the benefit . |
| 16 | It cracks me up but it 's not something I 'd |
| 17 | It was empty and all locked up but it was n't dead . |
| 18 | A comeback never really looked on : there was no giving up but it was n't going to be Swindon 's night . |
| 19 | So , the fact that who works in the green grocers is just a bit of additional information , it 's not necessary for the the main part of the sentence , you can take it out and it 's not going to take , make any difference to the construction or the meaning of the sentence , it 's a bit of additional information . |
| 20 | In addition , Derry was a provincial town , distant from the corridors of power where lobbying could be carried out and it was not a natural locus for a pressure group like NICRA . |
| 21 | The evenings were drawing out and it was not yet dark but the hall of Moorlake was shadowy and insubstantial in the twilight . |
| 22 | But , if I go back and it 's not cleared up it might ruddy come back again ! |
| 23 | I checked it off when I got back and it 's not too bad . |
| 24 | and then coming back and it 's not fucking working properly ! |
| 25 | And he went back and it was n't ! |
| 26 | I put the washing out but it is n't dried |
| 27 | ‘ If I could have got my nose in front again maybe I could have twisted it round but it was n't to be . ’ |