Example sentences of "it 's [not/n't] [v-ing] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 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 | It 's not moving but when it 's papers and pencils and stuff like that |
| 5 | It 's a living system , it 's designed to help you , if it 's not supporting and helping you then it must be changed . |
| 6 | Tap tap tap all bloody day long , when it 's not singing or falling off its perch . |
| 7 | If the weather 's all right and it 's not raining or nothing , I usually go to the garden to help Mr Frost . |
| 8 | it 's stopped raining and it 's not raining or anything . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Yes but it 's not It 's not hurting but it 's disturbing you know ? |
| 11 | Or if they do evaluate then it 's to say it 's not working but it 's not our fault , there could n't possibly be anything wrong with our thinking on this subject or this issue . |
| 12 | 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 |