Example sentences of "it be n't [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | that it was only er a face up , it were n't to pull down and rebuild |
| 2 | If it is n't to do with your feelings about me , what other issue can you be trying to evade ? |
| 3 | ‘ It is n't to say The Wedding Present just treat it like a job , it is just that they have natural courtesy and manners . |
| 4 | Suppose when the White House Detail asks for Harry it is n't to give evidence , but advice ? |
| 5 | I think a lot of us want to be noticed — I know I do — and when we get dressed up , or put make-up on , it is n't to hide behind the make-up , like some people think , it 's to be noticed , to say : Look at me ! |
| 6 | And to point out to her now that she did n't know the right thing to do when visiting people like the Kirkleys would be , in a way , against the advice she had just given her , although it was n't to do with talking ; more like behaviour and deportment or some such . |
| 7 | It was n't to do with change . ’ |
| 8 | It was n't to do with the women , they still resembled their ancestors well enough . |
| 9 | The contact was more than either of them could bear , and it was n't to do with the heat . |
| 10 | If it was n't to blow up into a first-class row , she 'd have to bargain . |
| 11 | It was n't to take revenge on Kee that he wanted a woman — a want he now confessed to Theo . |
| 12 | And I assure you it was n't to wipe your nose , it was to bring home any surplus cakes , that were left on the table . |
| 13 | Like if I interviewed Johnny Thunders , it was n't to meet him for the first time , it was to try to save his career . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ So why , ’ she fired hotly , ‘ if it was n't to prove how devastatingly attractive to women you are , have you come here ? ’ |
| 15 | When after I became a Christian I obeyed and was baptized , it was n't to make me a better person it was n't to make me er , someone who was , er more pious or more religious , or of having greater favour with God , it was done because he had commanded it in his word , and I was identifying myself with him . |
| 16 | When after I became a Christian I obeyed and was baptized , it was n't to make me a better person it was n't to make me er , someone who was , er more pious or more religious , or of having greater favour with God , it was done because he had commanded it in his word , and I was identifying myself with him . |
| 17 | It was n't to marry Troy , it was to break off my relationship with him . |
| 18 | It was n't to get rich . |