Example sentences of "n't [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their chief executive , Andy Barton , feels , with some reason one would have to say , that it is n't right that the government should bail out a competitor . |
| 2 | It was n't right that Sendei should just be left here . |
| 3 | When she got pregnant her social worker booked her into here , as there was not much space at her home and Barbara agreed that it was n't right that her mother should have her back with a baby as well . |
| 4 | ‘ What yer do is yer own business , but one sign that things ai n't right and I 'm orf to Monsieur Didier — and the perlice . |
| 5 | ‘ It was n't right because of what people might say — seeing you there night after night eating alone , they might have said you had been abandoned . ’ |
| 6 | Perhaps he was n't dead as yet . |
| 7 | Now there was an are n't somewhere that you had . |
| 8 | It is n't only that they enjoy commercial success and critical acclaim , but because they are , in the jargon of the trade , ‘ good copy ’ — talkative , controversial , witty and opinionated on a whole range of topics . |
| 9 | It was n't only that I could n't lift myself off the ground but that I was stuck to it in some way . |
| 10 | It was n't only that he was n't interested in her any longer . |
| 11 | Well it is n't only that I mean er we do n't provide the food when they 're at home , do we ? |
| 12 | She had thought he was asleep , realising that he was n't only when she felt him tense under the light touch of her fingers , but as he neither moved away nor said a word , she let them remain there , resting lightly against him , the contact lax and undemanding . |
| 13 | It was n't only because she was fat , and it was n't only because she had no height , and it was n't only because she was plain , it was because she was a combination of all three . |
| 14 | It was n't only because she was fat , and it was n't only because she had no height , and it was n't only because she was plain , it was because she was a combination of all three . |
| 15 | It was n't only because she was fat , and it was n't only because she had no height , and it was n't only because she was plain , it was because she was a combination of all three . |
| 16 | It was n't only because she did n't want to trail damage amongst those who 'd helped her ; partly it was that calculating element in her mind again , that perpetual level of awareness that was tuned to seek out and recognise any opportunity that she could take to keep her in the game and moving . |
| 17 | Why do you think I brought you down to his place if it was n't so that I could stake a claim on your patience — make you listen to what I have to confess because there was no way you could run away from me — flag down a taxi , catch a bus and head for the airport ? ’ |
| 18 | I said , Do n't so that , I said like that . |
| 19 | On top of the books so that it did n't so unless you 've moved it ? |
| 20 | Erm we do n't so and the way I feel like saying , well let's first do the bridal magazine , now I 've seen how far that goes . |
| 21 | If you have a look at the four versions of the videos , I hope what you 'll do is have in front of you er the advocacy criteria guide , which we 'll speak a bit more about in a moment , and actually look and see well , how is it that these people meet , those things , they do n't necessarily but how , how are they persuasive advocates ? |
| 22 | ‘ I want to see the traction engines in a minute , ’ said Betty , looking round ; but Lydia knew that she really wanted to see Beuno , since it was n't long since she herself had been in love and she recognised the signs . |
| 23 | They 're not that dirty , it is n't long since I cleaned these you know . |
| 24 | It was n't long after the ball got rolling , together with the head of the Eighties opinion formers , that it got going in the wrong direction . |
| 25 | No , go well perhaps it was n't long after Asthana was born . |
| 26 | It was n't long before the guard came to see us . |
| 27 | It was n't long before Kathleen rang . |
| 28 | ‘ It was n't long before I had my first bite which was a 3 lb 7 oz chub . |
| 29 | It was n't long before Hermione left Feathers , leaving just David and John Hutchinson . |
| 30 | It was n't long before we realised there were many other talents around who wanted to be part of it . |