Example sentences of "[be] n't [verb] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the differences there between women in different countries are just enormous because there are still countries today where women are n't given a chance to be born — there 's female infanticide still in many countries . |
| 2 | If you are n't given a list by the firm , make your own priorities list of all the things you want or do n't want cleaned |
| 3 | ‘ There are a lot of people around but they are n't spending a lot of money . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm surprised you are n't making a bid for him yourself , ’ she said tartly . |
| 5 | Then I became very angry , because we were n't given a choice about the use of these chemicals . |
| 6 | ‘ We were n't given a chance with our last two games away to England and Romania . |
| 7 | We watched that last night do n't matter we watched that last night and he were chittering away about summat , I were n't taking a lot of notice |
| 8 | ‘ I suppose you are sure that Edith was n't harbouring a grudge against her mistress . ’ |
| 9 | I 'm was n't trying a bit of Strach Bashing earlier just its frustrating to see not be as good as he once was … though I still reckon last year he was watchinghimself to make sure he did not got injured . |
| 10 | I certainly was n't expecting a delivery of 1,000 pints . |
| 11 | Privately he wondered if poor old James was n't getting a bit past it . |
| 12 | Right , I 've just got a , two or three minutes , I 've just wan na get something quickly done before we , we close and I 'm not gon na look up all the references , because your get them for next week any way in , in the house group , but , now , now in a sense it 's difficult to understand to take all this in after all his God and were people , how do we understand Jesus , it 's , it 's difficult , however knowing something about them does help us to understand something important , it helps us to understand what happened when Jesus ascended , when he went back to heaven , you see when Jesus arose from the earth the , the disciples who watch him it says there in Acts chapter one , they saw him go up in to the heaven , up into you know in a cloud , have you ever thought what that really means what on earth was it , they saw him go up in a cloud , can you image a sort of great clouds coming and dropping down over the mountain top there and was suddenly whisking Jesus up and then watching Jesus going up in this cloud into the sky , I do n't really think it was quite like that , have you ever wonder why it was that Jesus went up in a cloud , you see what was he doing , he was n't beginning a journey to some far off place in the universe , some distant corner where God the father was , he was n't doing that at all , what do you think a cloud can you , give any suggestions of what a cloud might represent because very often a lot of some of the language in the bible is picture language and it , it , it speaks as something else , what do , what do you think a cloud , does any body have suggestions of what a cloud might speak to us about , or speak to us of , sorry , power yeah , any thing else |
| 13 | He commented aloud , with a delighted laugh , ‘ You know , I 'm more and more convinced that the illustrious Don , the genial thinker , was n't taking a revenge on his family , or plotting the downfall of the house of Beatillo , or shaking the structure of property and power in these parts , or thumbing his nose at you-know-who . |
| 14 | Unix International Europe 's technical director , Nick Price , was n't taking a swipe at the whole Posix standards effort in last week 's piece ( UX No 397 ) , he just wanted to point out that the Posix P1003.1 specification alone is no guarantee of portability . |
| 15 | Elgar was n't allowed a dog by his wife at the time and he sort of adopted Dan and was fascinated by him . |
| 16 | The new manager was n't having a go at the players who 'd lost two-nil to Sporting . |
| 17 | The person at the seismic camp was n't having a fit at all . |
| 18 | Women used seventy five percent effective tags and twenty five percent modal tags , so in general their tags were to show concern rather than to actual seek agreement , so it was n't showing a lack of power according to this study . |
| 19 | surrogate mother and I was n't paid a penny for doing it ! |
| 20 | If her ankle was painful , she was n't making a fuss about it . |
| 21 | He was n't making a lot of sense . |
| 22 | Of course , he was n't making a living at all and there was no way he possibly could . |