Example sentences of "it [be] [not/n't] [verb] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well you , it 's not corroded or anything is it ? |
| 2 | Tap tap tap all bloody day long , when it 's not singing or falling off its perch . |
| 3 | If the weather 's all right and it 's not raining or nothing , I usually go to the garden to help Mr Frost . |
| 4 | it 's stopped raining and it 's not raining or anything . |
| 5 | Mind you , it 's not sunbathing or badminton I have in mind but planting — what more satisfying thing is there to do in the garden than to plant bulbs , or a tree or shrub to give you joy for years to come . |
| 6 | and we 'll sort it out ourselves and what they do , if a customer says oh there 's a phone that 's broke , or it 's not working or something like that , they 'll say oh okay we 'll get in touch with the maintenance for you , you see , cos he 's making nowt out of it , if you say we dropped the phone and broke it , well we 'll send a and then they send an engin one of their blokes out with a replacement phone and charge him for a new one , once they say wants some re-programming doing , oh yeah were sending an engineer round and they get , the dealer then gets the money for it so all we get is the flack end of it you know so we , a service contract it 's priced because , low because you know you 're gon na make a bit on moves and changes |
| 7 | It 's not chipped or anything is it ? |
| 8 | It is not scaremongering or playing the numbers game to recognise and respond to changes on that scale . |
| 9 | And it is not it is not fixed it is not fixed or in geological terms , petrified . |
| 10 | This collection is arranged by family , sub-filed by genus and species , but it is not indexed or listed in any way . |
| 11 | This is conceptually similar but not identical to the phenomena described by Matza ( 1964 : 33–68 ) as the subculture of delinquency : both consist of ‘ precepts and customs that are delicately balanced between convention and crime ’ ; both ‘ posit objectives that may be attained through ( crime ) but also other means ’ ; both ‘ allow ( crime ) but it is not demanded or necessarily considered the preferred path ’ ; and both consist of ‘ norms and sentiments ’ which are ‘ beliefs that function as the extenuating conditions under which ( crime ) is permissible ’ . |
| 12 | If it is n't rising or descending damp , water finds its way in by stealth . |
| 13 | They have n't received your invoice or statement because it was n't sent or it was sent to the wrong address . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm thankful it was n't finished or it would be impossible to maintain with the small congregations we have . ’ |
| 15 | It was not scheduled or given an elaborate countdown and fanfare . |
| 16 | But either it was not hunting or he was too big to tackle , for it disappeared over the heather ; and although he waited motionless for some time , it did not return . |
| 17 | The Mercers fixed it at £100 in 1503 ; either it was not enforced or the assessments are thoroughly unsatisfactory . |
| 18 | It is a defence , however , if the defendant can satisfy the court that it was not known or suspected that drug trafficking was involved , or that he disclosed his knowledge or suspicion to the relevant authorities . |
| 19 | Yet , if one looks at the situation from the point of view of the victim , it is an accident , in the sense that it was not expected or intended by the victim himself . |