Example sentences of "n't [adj] [prep] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This usage may be dialectal , as suggested by Kirchner ( 1952 : 456 ) , who gives the following examples from the twentieth century : ( 195 ) It was n't pleasant to be made feel like a good-for-nothing little brat . |
| 2 | MIPS duly rolled out its Magnum and Millenium systems last week : in the UK , journalists from across Europe trundled in two-by-two as the company treated the press corps to a glimpse of the inside of Ake Larson 's London Ark building in Hammersmith , which is n't due to be opened until next month . |
| 3 | Yeah , but you see then he 's at fault I mean like yesterday he come in he said he 's got to drop off at Milton Keynes and he said I , I , he were n't due to be dropped until what half past ten ? |
| 4 | So I said I know what he 's like , comes back and he turns up he says we 're just off now , I said oh you 've come back then I thought you were a bit rude just storming out of the funeral and not saying cheerio to everyone , he said I 've been insulted long enough by your family , I would n't be , I was n't prepared to be insulted any more |
| 5 | He was n't prepared to be carried along with the wave and the various things that he said about Europe were completely right for what he said . |
| 6 | ‘ But it is n't interesting to be courted by someone you know . ’ |
| 7 | But she must know that it is n't clever to be asked to leave a country while on assignment . |
| 8 | But it is n't easy to be envied , any more than it is to feel envy . |
| 9 | Her various leadership positions had already given her opportunity to meet people of power and influence , but she was not so blase that she was n't delighted to be going to Buckingham Palace . |
| 10 | Well , he is n't supposed to be using it . |
| 11 | Cos there were n't supposed to be moving people into the flats with kids , you know with them falling down stairs and things like that . |
| 12 | ‘ You were n't supposed to be looking at me . |
| 13 | It happened to me when I was sort of looking at some sort of electronic engineering that I was n't supposed to be doing I was just looking at it for interest like Well I 'd like to have the time to spend on that but I 'll leave that thank you very much . |
| 14 | She did n't mind where I was when I was n't supposed to be working It was natural for a girl to roam She had men coming round , all the time They were n't like Michael . |
| 15 | Cos I said to , I said I know Sally ca n't work , I said but she was n't supposed to be working anyway . |
| 16 | It was n't supposed to be saying ‘ we 've been really hard done by and you 're all bastards ’ , or anything like that . |
| 17 | ‘ Visitors are n't supposed to be allowed , at this time of day . |
| 18 | ‘ You were n't supposed to be going out . |
| 19 | And one blessing is that we are n't likely to be saddled with the tag ‘ Team of the Nineties ’ — which is a real kiss of death — while we 're trying to find our feet in the Premier League . ’ |
| 20 | She helped him push the motorbike combination over the cliffs into the sea , and drop the two dead men down a deep narrow crevice where they were n't likely to be discovered . |
| 21 | ‘ Flameback ’ and N. nigricans were introduced into one of my quieter Malawi tanks where they were n't likely to be harassed . |
| 22 | Some months ago , a reader sent me a copy of the form she 'd received from the States , but I was then advised this was n't likely to be honoured in law . |
| 23 | The war was over , I had a steady boyfriend who was n't likely to be shot down over the Ruhr , and I was working with a bunch of very congenial people . |
| 24 | Only she was n't likely to be caught twice that way , she thought with a cynical little smile . |
| 25 | I 'll lend you my suitcase , yours is n't fit to be seen … . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ You are n't fit to be allowed out , ’ he growled . |
| 27 | Mrs Willies Williams is n't happy to be taking the money either. , |
| 28 | There 's nothing difficult about a whole stream of , of er comments were raised by the inspector Mr team are , have addressed a large number of them , have told us what they propose to do to deal with a number of er and , and I believe that there will be things left over when he 's finished that , that he wo n't be able to resolve er perhaps er without the people that help the Committee er or some of us are always suggesting is that er those things that he is unsuccessful in resolving erm be identified and so that er when , when the er the Inspector makes his er his next report we can see just , just why that some of these other items there have were n't able to be addressed . |
| 29 | She is n't proud to be associated with that when I 'm doing it . |
| 30 | I told her I needed to speak to Charlie , and was n't surprised to be left standing on the doorstep while she disappeared back into the house . |