Example sentences of "n't [adv] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were n't badly off because I do believe they ran a car and she would wear a lovely fox fur when she was out and about in the dale . |
| 2 | But their battle with the authorities is n't entirely over . |
| 3 | Apart from anything else you 're seconded to our team now so asking you to leave is n't entirely up to IMP any more . ’ |
| 4 | Birchall is n't just along for the ride — he 's an integral part of a finely-balanced three-wheel missile . |
| 5 | But ‘ Boss Drum ’ 's failings are n't just down to him ( Colin actually helps write the raps ) . |
| 6 | Maggie had the greatest desire to answer in Spanish and confound him , but in the first place she was n't exactly up to it , and secondly she was keeping it under her hat . |
| 7 | ‘ You ai n't still on about your innards , are you ? ’ he queried . |
| 8 | Caspar was n't still out loose . |
| 9 | No , I wo n't dilly-dally down the Primrose Path , wo n't throw my |
| 10 | Obviously Ted and I were n't always around to scrutinize the intricate excitements of this new love , especially as Dad and Eva spent many evenings over the river in London proper , going to the theatre to see controversial plays , to German films or to lectures by Marxists , and to high-class parties . |
| 11 | When we landed , the problems were n't nearly over . |
| 12 | I 'm glad Caro was happy then because she sure as hell was n't later on ! ’ |
| 13 | You do n't have to do it perfectly round because the earth is n't perfectly round . |
| 14 | It was n't exactly square on to the place where Sal 's Golf had gone for a roll , but it was n't far off . |
| 15 | And we shall get a clearer idea of the time of death when Dr. Blain-Thomson has done the P.M. But judging from the state of rigor , Dr. Kerrison was n't far out . |
| 16 | Mm it might be fashionable but phoo Incidentally I was n't far out with th the age of our friend across the road was I ? |
| 17 | It ai n't far back to the house , but it takes ages cos we got to walk slow . |
| 18 | She hated unpleasantness , though she would n't back down from a fight . |
| 19 | The company wo n't back down , and its stance has won Government support . |
| 20 | I also wished I could come up with an equally carefree stratagem for solving a more immediate problem — my skiing proficiency , which was n't really up to the task ahead . |
| 21 | Is that your common experience that that young men are n't are n't really up to this ? |
| 22 | So you ca n't you ca n't really over sell on this then can you ? |
| 23 | ‘ You ai n't really down , between the ages of 13 , 14 , 15 , you 're not really down less you know how to shoot a gun , ’ he says of life in South Central LA . |
| 24 | We all took off on the last hundred yards ' dash and I was mildly surprised to find that the first man past the post was myself — and I was n't really out of breath . |
| 25 | He was n't often out of his bed now , and David Beaton had said privately to Bridhe that it was only determination to see the baby born that was keeping the old man alive . |
| 26 | Travis might be going to pieces because he thought Rosemary had finished with him , but , all too clearly , he did n't deep down believe that they were through . |
| 27 | ‘ I know some are n't well off , but a hundred years ago they starved on the streets . ’ |
| 28 | Central heating That were n't even on when I looked at it . |
| 29 | He was n't even up to being works foreman any longer , quite apart from anything else . |
| 30 | I pulled the life-jacket inflation toggle and was very thankful to hear it and feel it inflating — but I realised immediately my suit zip was n't fully up , freezing water was seeping into it ’ . |