Example sentences of "[be] not [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Are not we all one in Christ ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Naturally my blessing — are not we all King Edward 's men at heart ! ’ |
| 3 | Divine inspiration and revelation are not their own guarantees , and we must always ask ‘ How do I know that God is the revealer of this to me ? ’ |
| 4 | Such services as ‘ meals on wheels ’ assume helplessness , but are not what many old people want or need . |
| 5 | Yet it may be asked how a man can be at once free and forced to conform to wills which are not his own . |
| 6 | As Rousseau said , ‘ yet it may be asked how a man can be at once free and conform to wills which are not his own ’ . |
| 7 | We gain a new sense of loyalty , steadfastness and fidelity that are not our own . |
| 8 | Until then our sexuality and fertility are not our own : they are the property of a patriarchal society which fears women 's freedom and penalises deviants like spinsters , lesbians , unmarried mothers and the childless . |
| 9 | For example , you may have copied directly from a book into your notes , then forgotten that your notes are not your own original work , and so incorporated them directly into your essay . |
| 10 | Are not there fewer pages in our charter than there were in ’ Meet the Challenge : Make the Change ’ , the document produced by the Labour party ? |
| 11 | hard and these babies can look really serene and peaceful so serene and peaceful that next time you go they 're not there any more , well their body 's there . |
| 12 | If you 're politcally motivated only you 're not your own man , and I think that politics in local government as strong as they 're getting now is a bad thing . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm not myself this morning . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm not me any more . |
| 15 | Höfn is a straggling village — are n't they all ? — — with a row of brightly-coloured ships in the harbour and a fine memorial out on a headland . |
| 16 | ‘ Are n't they all ! |
| 17 | Are n't they all daft there ? ’ |
| 18 | Sung to the tune of Que Sera Sera ( are n't they all ? ) : |
| 19 | Horror struck are n't they half the time . |
| 20 | No do n't are n't they both gon na marry the same |
| 21 | cos the big ones are too big , big are n't they these are |
| 22 | drying are n't they these ? |
| 23 | They 're a bit sickly are n't they those chocolate w Do n't you think so ? |
| 24 | Horrible are n't they those oil slicks they 're dreadful . |
| 25 | One tentative voice asked if I meant ‘ deprived women like those of the East End ’ , but this too was slapped down by others — ‘ in these days of inflation , are n't we all deprived ? ’ |
| 26 | Q : If we grew up eating so much terrible food , why are n't we all ill ? |
| 27 | ‘ Are n't we all ? ’ |
| 28 | Eyeing me suspiciously she said , ‘ Are n't we all ! ’ |
| 29 | Are n't we all , darling . |
| 30 | Are n't we all . |