Example sentences of "n't it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I hate to interject a note of boring realism here , ’ Piers said , ‘ but is n't it easy to say that in retrospect ? ’ |
| 2 | They heard the geese know when to fly North , and when to fly South and navigate by the stars and by the lay lines in the earth , it 's just is n't it magical ? |
| 3 | ‘ Was n't it hideous ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Is n't it splendid , ’ she said , waving the letter at Penelope , ‘ Mother has persuaded Lady Selvedge to come and open our bazaar . |
| 5 | ‘ Is n't it posh ! ’ she breathed to herself . |
| 6 | Is n't it all rather far-fetched ? ’ |
| 7 | I wonder what his parents thought of him , but does n't it all boil down to what life at home has been like . |
| 8 | So what about the retro space-cadet '70s image — hipsters and plastic zap guns , is n't it all just a bit comic-strip ? |
| 9 | Could n't it all be better organised and more pleasant ? |
| 10 | SUMMERCHILD : Is n't it all a little beside the point ? |
| 11 | Did n't it all make you think ? |
| 12 | Is n't it all a little too much ? |
| 13 | Goodness there 's a great sort of burden off is n't it all this sort of shopping er you got to go we finished all the shop and that 's it . |
| 14 | God its a great , a great sort of burden off is n't it all this sort of shopping erm , just got to go in Smiths and , we , I |
| 15 | now it 's all dry , it looks great wo n't it all |
| 16 | The suggestion that caused the fuss was a great deal of the DNA in mammalian cells , which does n't it first glance look particularly transposable , might have a similarly selfish character . |
| 17 | Wham , bam , ba , loo-la was n't it first ? , or or something , |
| 18 | Is n't it grand boys to be bloody well dead ? |
| 19 | Is n't it disgusting . ’ |
| 20 | Ai n't it disgusting ? |
| 21 | Is n't it sad though ? |
| 22 | " Well , Annie-the-Silent , shall we be hearing your dulcet tones at all this night , or is n't it rough enough yet for the storm thrust to sing ? " |
| 23 | ‘ Is n't it ironic ? ’ he said . |
| 24 | ‘ But was n't it ironic that he wuz the one who eventually blew everythin' wide open , an ’ led you to the chink 's drugs operation ? ’ |
| 25 | But is n't it fantastic ? |
| 26 | Wo n't it bubby ? |
| 27 | For instance , is n't it odd that World AIDS Day , the theme of which for 1990 was Women and AIDS , has come and gone , with no change for lesbians — no information , no acknowledgement , no nothing . |
| 28 | ‘ Was n't it odd for a chef and steward to be in the engine-room ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Is n't it odd , sitting here without quite having the face to touch each other ? |
| 30 | ‘ Is n't it odd that the Wheel has been recovered and not the body ? ’ |