Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] not [adv] [be] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may not just be because of the reactions girls fear from their parents , but also because of the mental block they themselves create , illustrated in this chapter by Joanne . |
| 2 | It was definitely Luke 's handwriting , and it could n't even be that he had sent the flowers to the wrong address . |
| 3 | Now she began to wonder about that ; it could n't simply be because she 'd disliked him , since she 'd disliked clients before , but that had n't prevented her from giving them the same professional treatment she gave to everyone . |
| 4 | It could n't really be because of a home movie , could it ? |
| 5 | A " customer " is a person with or for whom a firm carries on , or merely intends to carry on , " regulated business " or other business carried on in connection with that regulated business ; the reference to " other business " does not make someone a customer if he would not otherwise be but seems merely to extend the scope of the activities covered by the COB Rules . |
| 6 | But it would n't even be that on a system with the facility for multicurrency sales ledgers . |
| 7 | So it wo n't necessarily be that patients from er a G P surgery or a G P practice will be referred directly to the local hospital . |
| 8 | It can not really be that the way things are looking to me now is pink , since I could be wrong about whether that way is pink or not . |
| 9 | It can not then be that a man was present on earth before a woman , and the woman formed from him . |