Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] it [be] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr. Browne did not think it was the job of councils to provide housing , but Mr. Barron was quick to counter that point . |
| 2 | The row was like an earthquake but I did not think it was the end for us , ’ she said . |
| 3 | He added : ‘ I believe Manchester is an injured party — I do not believe it is the fault of the city . |
| 4 | Police do not believe it was the work of Colombian drug lords Photograph ( omitted ) : |
| 5 | It 's not paying it 's the hold up is n't it ? |
| 6 | I think network marketing I think it I think that turns out to be jolly hard work because if you 're not recruiting it 's the recruitment part of it . |
| 7 | No , we 're not saying it 's the leeway might be important , cos as I said , these choices , and Sandra will agree , there 's only two columns , that is n't gon na increase ! |
| 8 | But I 'm unlikely to do the New York Marathon in any case , because I 'm very much a rhythm runner , and I do n't think it 's the course for me . |
| 9 | cos I do n't think it 's the problem of a erm a safety record I think it 's the perceived |
| 10 | I do n't think it 's the majority , you 're wrong there . |
| 11 | The British commander who has to bring his team through the desert in Ice Cold in Alex ( 1958 ) seems hysterical and incompetent by comparison with the Dutch South African who accompanies them but is working for the Germans ; and the message of Ealing 's Dunkirk ( 1958 ) is summarized in one character 's closing statement , ‘ Somebody 's made a muck of it but I do n't think it 's the army . ’ |
| 12 | Actually , I do n't think it 's the word Gary just the Letters G.A.R.Y . |
| 13 | But I do n't think it 's the will of the people , it 's sold to them . |
| 14 | I do n't think it 's the sort of thing that can be explained unless you can understand it without explanation . |
| 15 | ‘ I do have a reputation but I do n't think it 's the language that 's the problem as much as the subjects . |
| 16 | They are furious that people thought all their lyrics on ‘ World Clique ’ just oozed naive positivity ( though , pressed on this , Kier says , ‘ We did n't think it was the place for a pop group to depress people . |
| 17 | I did n't think it was the sort of behaviour one should expect from a Director of Coaching . |
| 18 | it 's in first Corinthians , it talks about for , I think I 'm in a vision of the third heaven , which was actually a vision , it was n't a reality it 's like a revelation was a vision , I do n't think it was the reality of heaven was it ? |
| 19 | I did n't know it was the duvet duvet . |
| 20 | ‘ Do n't forget it 's the middle of the night to a Slattery . |
| 21 | And if there 's one thing I ca n't stand it 's the smell of curry . |
| 22 | There 's is a vital lifeline … but they hope that more stray bullets wo n't mean it 's the end of the line . |
| 23 | I would n't say it 's the answer in every case , especially when a ‘ classic ’ sound source is required to sound classic at a low level . |
| 24 | ‘ Dad did n't say it was the end of everything , Virgie … ’ |