Example sentences of "find [conj] it [be] n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , like a mug , I went out and bought it , only to find that it is n't anything like Pink Floyd . |
| 2 | He tore it open and found that it was n't empty , just that the fine powder inside took up so little space . |
| 3 | We were also glad to report that the lease holders at the time found that it was n't profitable and relinquished their rights . |
| 4 | Morag and Granny started on this job right away but they soon found that it was n't as easy as it looked . |
| 5 | He did that to get publicity , cos in fact they found that it was n't eh , rubbish he was selling in there . |
| 6 | ‘ As far as the clothing is concerned , it 's all in the reports , but to save you time I can tell you more or less what we found and it is n't a great deal . |
| 7 | They believe that it is possible for man , and that it is indeed his highest intellectual and emotional task , to survey his own being , to call into the forefront of his mind every attitude and habit of mind , of emotion , of passion and feeling , to penetrate down beneath these superficial layers , to deeper and deeper and ever more tranquil , untroubled generalized forms of the self , until eventually you come within sight of some inner absolutely undisturbed pool which every person has within himself , and which if he finds it removes him finally from the distracting passions of ordinary life , and with this rider , that in proportion as you get there and find this thing , this true self within yourself , you find that it is n't just something subjective and peculiar to you , it is something identical with the world , so that in solving your own problems in one sense , you do it by transcending your ordinary nature . |