Example sentences of "[be] n't [verb] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ruth Batsford , of the council 's electoral registration office , said : ‘ We really do n't have an explanation why people are n't sending the forms back . |
| 2 | Revenues generated from VAXes grew 22% to £11.1m , and although Turner said that licence sales ‘ have really slowed ’ because people are n't buying the machines much any more , a high proportion of the £11.1m came from maintenance and services to the group 's existing 500 or so VAX customers . |
| 3 | No because even the ones that are n't showing the symptoms , they could have the virus in it , cos it just may not have come out . |
| 4 | any suggestion because I think the jury would be interested particularly with the dates on them , but even if there are n't compare the figures in different editions |
| 5 | The the problem that we did have , I mean my normal lecturing style until here in fact , was that I would just waffle y'know and generally do a few bits on the board and then carry on for an hour or two but the sh people were n't getting the notes down , that was the problem with that . |
| 6 | We were n't shooting the writers , we were only disgracing them — and look how few people came forward in their defence . |
| 7 | We were n't doing the hours that I 'd agreed to do , and Silvia and I had come to a sort of arrangement … ’ |
| 8 | He may not even realise he is n't giving the others a chance . |
| 9 | Thames Valley Police , who organised the class , say the aim is n't to scare the women , but simply to prepare them for any eventuality . |
| 10 | He was n't telling the fans anything they do n't already know that this Everton team has been allowed to slide into mediocrity , and that the values of the old ‘ school of science ’ have been allowed to melt away like snow in the Sahara . |
| 11 | They had faith , their faith was in themselves and in bailing out , and they could n't bail quick enough , and so their faith was not realizing anything it was n't producing the goods . |
| 12 | ‘ Was n't producing the profits the capitalists want to see , you mean . |
| 13 | Mrs Geary had a low opinion of Nannie a spy and reporter when she was n't mending the sheets and darning the stockings , and at all times a pensioner to be despised and deprived whenever possible . |
| 14 | Right , you may troop by that and look down there , notice I was n't wearing the goggles that was naughty of me was n't it ? |
| 15 | He would n't have done that , would he , if he was n't holding the reins … ? |
| 16 | I had a record company screaming for final mixes , not even sure that they wanted this album because ‘ Space Oddity ’ did n't do too well and as far as they were concerned this was going to be the last they had to do with David Bowie , and I was n't delivering the goods . |
| 17 | Because I was n't in full training I was n't burning the calories . |
| 18 | Because I was n't in full training I was n't burning the calories . |
| 19 | T er but you you was n't putting the hours in , so you did n't get the money . |
| 20 | I knew Silvia was n't doing the hours we 'd agreed on , but I decided it was possible that you 'd come to some other arrangement — ’ |
| 21 | When he was n't walking the streets , he 'd lie on his bed and torment himself with thoughts of her being somewhere close . |