Example sentences of "be n't [pers pn] that " in BNC.

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1 The problem there is that graduates are so terribly boring and uninteresting people basically are n't they that they find it difficult to impart their er
2 It 's only one that can do it at a time we all have a role to play , we 're all part of that body are n't we that we 've looked at in some , what a lovely description it is , and some of us do n't look quite as good as the other part do we ?
3 It was not worth the sulk and you 're ashamed of me are n't you that he could keep up for three days when required .
4 It definitely were n't me that checked it .
5 ‘ It is n't me that you have to persuade , ’ he told her , putting the mug down on the counter with a snap .
6 and maybe it is n't you that do the visit , it 's somebody else who 's , who 's being paid to do it , but you may be responsible for exercising professional judgment about whether that 's the appropriate thing that should be happening and perhaps assessing whether they 're doing it properly .
7 Now supposing it is n't you that crossing the road , but you 're out with a young child .
8 Stuart that 's the point is n't it that they 're not going to look as good ?
9 Is n't it that the unconscious and the ego comes through
10 If I may say so the key point is n't it that a lot of the transactions you discussed were off market transactions , they were unusual transactions and the Financial Institutions that were carrying out those transactions whether they were acting as banker or acting a as broker , they would have had knowledge that those transactions were not normal market transactions .
11 Is n't it that he only had the job because nobody else was there ?
12 But it 's interesting is n't it that we have here the proposed deletion of subscriptions to local government information unit unit one thousand five hundred pounds .
13 if I may say so is a key point is n't it that a lot of the transactions you 've discussed were off-market transactions , they were unusual transactions and the financial institutions that were carrying out those transactions whether they were acting as banker or acting as broker , they would have had knowledge that those transactions were not normal market transactions .
14 Dennis is the one is n't it that drinks a lot ?
15 You sure it was n't me that wrote it ?
16 Erm , as I said it was n't me that phoned originally , my guess is that there may be somebody else at the school who is trying to contact you , but while you 're on the line , let's just make a little let's just make a little date .
17 erm well , Li erm she , she goes well Lizzie told us that erm that your taxi was in front of hers , I went oh no no no , that was n't me that was someone else .
18 it was n't them that was .
19 It was n't him that was worrying the sheep .
20 He was lucky it was n't him that got stuffed . ’
21 ‘ And was n't she that desperate that I did n't have the heart to tell her no ? ’
22 Five shillings was n't it that you could , no meals allowed if you ate out , you were n't allowed to spend more than five shillings .
23 Well there was one sad part was n't it that when I was on my in training during the and the rockets and so in classrooms and had a lecturer talking to us and erm this lad come in with a message from the teleprint and erm give it to the instructor , and he 'd call a name and the chap would go out .
24 But I think Colin your main concern was n't it that perhaps we were n't hitting the right slots and ?
25 Was n't it that the Australians who , who about twenty odd years ago had Britain test all of their erm nuclear weapons
26 It was at the very next stage was n't it that you had this switch from a boundary which we could accept to one which we profoundly could not accept ?
27 I 'm glad you 've made reference actually to that picture of the circles because I , I erm I came up with that after we 'd had the parish day and i you know , observing who was there on the parish day and then trying to see how , how we reach people and , and , and who were missing and how important was it that everybody should be there on parish day , and was n't it that people who are involved should be there on parish day because that 's a point at which erm you know parish council can meet those very people .
28 they , they er , the building society which was the insurance company was n't it that we had the mortgage through ?
29 ‘ I know it was n't you that set me up , Cardiff .
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