Example sentences of "it 's [not/n't] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 So the , the May the fourth directive is not working because it 's not guaranteeing that the poor get enough to bring them up to the middle peasant status which is , is the aim .
2 But it 's not just , it 's not labelling and screening them it 's
3 So it 's jargon , it 's assuming people will pick things up as quickly as we have and it 's not recognising that people have different interpretations .
4 What we 're actually doing is checking the firing pin is n't broken and looking down the barrel to make sure it 's not blocked and is properly oiled .
5 It 's not moving but when it 's papers and pencils and stuff like that
6 we do n't really need to go any further because we 've found it 's not balanced but we just for completeness , how many Cs on this side ?
7 No it 's not sit and watch somebody else do it it wo n't hurt her
8 It 's a living system , it 's designed to help you , if it 's not supporting and helping you then it must be changed .
9 It 's absolutely ludicrous that it 's not advertised and that no one does anything about it .
10 Well you , it 's not corroded or anything is it ?
11 It 's not felt that your private life in terms of your political opinions will necessarily impinge on your public life , and , and to deprive somebody of the right to express their opinions in public would be regarded as an infringement of his civil liberties , which would be unthinkable in a republican erm situation .
12 Tap tap tap all bloody day long , when it 's not singing or falling off its perch .
13 ‘ I think you 'll find it 's not hate that makes you react as you do , Shannon .
14 If the weather 's all right and it 's not raining or nothing , I usually go to the garden to help Mr Frost .
15 it 's stopped raining and it 's not raining or anything .
16 It 's not to say that we are against capital projects , we are not .
17 It 's not to say that the positive news it does n't work if in fact it is of interest to people , and it strikes them as , as such , and there are all sorts of subterfuges incidentally ranging from using facts and statistics and which relate to people , to even actually using individual stories .
18 It 's not forfeited if you do n't claim it .
19 Well they spell it it 's not spelt as i if you , if you were talking it really , you 'd probably , you 'd probably
20 You go down there on your hands and knees and you report it 's not meet and then you
21 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 .
22 He does n't usually do that ; at least , it 's not known that he does .
23 It 's not known if Nixon or Reagan ever read this passage .
24 It 's not known if the patrol which spotted the stolen car was part of this operation .
25 It 's not known if the weapon he uses is real , but he could be dangerous .
26 It 's not known if he 'll return to the school .
27 It 's not known if more funds will be made abvailable to send young criminals to places like Earlswood , or wether local authorities will still be expected to pay the bill .
28 It 's not known when the public flogging will be carried out .
29 Yes but it 's not It 's not hurting but it 's disturbing you know ?
30 But they also say in the alternative that that since the plaintiffs themselves were at this time by mid to late October of nineteen eighty five , not ready or able to complete it would have been improper erm for the defendant to advise the plaintiffs to serve a special notice to complete and my Lord the question that therefore arises er whether , even if that were correct , er and it 's not admitted that it is , that exonerates the defendants from given the advice er and whether they should still have advised the plaintiff erm of the opportunity which was open to him , that the plaintiff could if necessary take that course himself or be advised to go er elsewhere and be advised independently is er this is , this the point of the matter which he regarded as improper and was not willing to do it on the plaintiff 's behalf .
  Next page