Example sentences of "be n't [adv] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 You are n't simply at the mercy of restaurateurs .
2 So , if you are n't even at the word processing stage yet it may well be better to get this technology in place first before you try to tackle the wider issues of electronic publishing .
3 So what we would have been I mean it were n't just at the bottom of the street .
4 She wanted to put the phone down and pretend it was n't happening but the noises came back and a different voice said , ‘ Sergeant MacDonald is n't here at the moment .
5 I mean I just find it annoying cos you get through to somebody who then passes you on to somebody else and then they 'll talk to you and say well the person you want to talk to is n't here at the moment so you 've had all this phone call and then you 've got to ring again .
6 No , no , I 'm afraid Dr Grant is n't here at the moment , but I have Dr Blake with me .
7 Defence is n't always at the top of the political agenda and in periods of long time peace as we have now enjoyed , people tend to forget the dangers are still genuine and still there .
8 Her daughter drives out from Bamford once a week but around this time of year she goes to stay with some other relative , I 'm not sure where , so I dare say she is n't there at the moment and you have n't got any immediate neighbours resident .
9 There 's a lot of things we 're not doing is n't there at the moment ?
10 I mean , would n't know , I would n't know , I was n't here at the time .
11 I was n't there at the time and I 'm damned if they 're going to top me for your brothers .
12 But I was n't there at the time .
13 Although I was n't there at the time , just mention it to those who were and watch their colour change to grey !
14 oh no , it was n't there at the time of the Telegraph article was it ?
15 Oh I was n't there at the time was I ?
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