Example sentences of "'s [not/n't] [adv] [pers pn] [vb base] " in BNC.
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1 | and it 's sort of well it 's not well they do get full that 's if she suddenly does longer than |
2 | you had a drink of juice , he 's not well you know |
3 | " To inhibit a golfer 's individual style would take some of the fun out of the game and that 's not why we make rules . " |
4 | ‘ No , that 's not why I 've come here . |
5 | You may say I do n't swim sinusoidally like a fish — you 're quite right , but it 's not why you have them , it 's why your ancestors had them . |
6 | ‘ It 's not where they belong . |
7 | That 's not where I want to go . |
8 | Remember that there is a £10 prize on offer each issue for the lucky article out of the hat — that 's not much I know , but we spent all the budget on meeting ‘ refreshments ’ ( hic ) . |
9 | It 's not often they come back from work she said they feel I ca n't , not yet , she said I could never my housework and that 's too much yeah she likes to do |
10 | It 's not often you come across a good Bordeaux ! ’ |
11 | Although the world of PCs is superficially rather space-age , it 's not often you come across a completely new technology . |
12 | Nowadays , it 's not often you hear of a baby called Gladys or Reginald . |
13 | It 's not often you get a top class soprano singing in your back garden , but this is where Ukranian singer , Alla Kravchuk rehearses . |
14 | Lenny Henry said later : ‘ It 's not often you get two awards in one day , but I am really pleased with both of them . |
15 | You see some unusual pets in people 's living rooms — but it 's not often you see a pig . |
16 | You see some unusual pets in people 's living rooms — but it 's not often you see a pig . |
17 | It 's not often you find yourself an enforced eavesdropper on two people screwing each other up with murder in their hearts . |
18 | It 's not often you score 3 goals and end up on the losing team . |
19 | It 's not often you score 3 goals and end up on the losing team . |
20 | All Blacks hero Grant Fox said : ‘ It 's not often I have been in a situation where I have had to kick a penalty to win the game . |
21 | and , and if she 's already scared of his temper and they 've not even lived together , well they have lived together for quite a while actually so I mean it 's not like they do n't know each other but once they 're married and they 've been married for a couple of years I reckon , and he starts thinking of her more as a possession sort of thing I can , I can really imagine |
22 | It 's not that it 's not like I mean |
23 | We are the underdogs but that 's not how we see it . |
24 | That 's not how we see it , sir , we see the the issue of the location of the new settlement as very much a strategic issue which should be settled in the structure plan context , and not left to local plans to decide . |
25 | But that 's not how we do it . |
26 | and I think , you know , I mean , it 's not how we feel , we 're trying to understand what is saying to us |
27 | But that 's not how they do things in the Conservative Party . |
28 | He said : ‘ It 's not true when they say that 's not how they do business . |
29 | She knows that 's not how I like it . ’ |
30 | That 's not how I understand football . |