Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] be [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told you — I just did n't fancy being another name on your list . |
| 2 | I do n't want Is that the bigger box ? |
| 3 | I do take on , I do take on one point that the Conservatives have begun to raise to make in their in their motion which what we do n't want is another heavy tier of bur bureaucracy . |
| 4 | That kind of thing which I do n't think is any damn good at all . |
| 5 | What these critics apparently ca n't stomach is that wealth creators have a tendency to acquire wealth in the process of creating it for others . |
| 6 | I do n't know is that a king ? |
| 7 | You wo n't mind being that , for the sake of a fellow warrior in the cold drinks war ? |
| 8 | the only one I do n't like is that bloody oh erm , what 's the other one , deep sea water , something lately for kids , his got his own kiddies programme , Maid Marian , take the piss out of |
| 9 | You do n't about this cappuccino is I do n't understand is that here Maxwell cappuccino is |
| 10 | ‘ What I do n't understand is this , ’ said Apricot to Brenda , Belinda and Liese , ‘ why was Bernard Parkin sitting next to me on the stairs in the dark if he did n't want sex ! ’ |
| 11 | ‘ What I ca n't understand is this . ’ |
| 12 | What I could n't understand was that |
| 13 | What they did n't realize was that for me , women in the end have everything because they have the ability to create life . |
| 14 | The irrational thought almost occurs that Shakespeare could n't have been that smart if he did n't realise that he had here a performer who can turn sows ' ears into silk purses , and silk purses into live butterflies . |
| 15 | The dog had n't barked so it could n't have been that , because he did n't miss any strange sound . |
| 16 | He could n't have been that old , could he ? ’ |
| 17 | Sean , you could n't have been that shit-faced that you could n't go upto the Roger and ask him whether he was Roger or not ? |
| 18 | And , remembering the way the wretched man had kept his finger on the bell , ‘ He could n't have been that lucky — to pick on the one flat you were in out of all the others — purely by chance . ’ |
| 19 | If she had been rational enough to tell him something it certainly would n't have been that . |
| 20 | It could n't have been that . |
| 21 | Perhaps his initial success should n't have been all that surprising for he comes of good rugby stock . |
| 22 | There 's a sort of cosy sentimental glow coming over everyone who 's talking about , it ca n't have been all that wonderful , all the time somehow ! |
| 23 | If he had been able to speak to Jo each morning before he left for the Embassy , he probably would n't have been such a pain in the outer office . |
| 24 | But then , hell , he should know — there ca n't have been many other pop entertainers from the Cheshire market town to play here . |
| 25 | But then , hell , he should know — there ca n't have been many other pop entertainers from the Cheshire market town to play here . |
| 26 | There would n't have been many on the island then was there ? |
| 27 | There would n't have been many at that time in the morning . |
| 28 | As some people have pointed out , in the mid-eighties that time would n't have been much to write home about . ’ |
| 29 | In that era , so much of the day was spent climbing in and out of the correct clothes that there ca n't have been much time left for recreation . |
| 30 | ‘ There would n't have been much point in fusing only half the lighting system , would there ? ’ |