Example sentences of "[be] n't [adv] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Our sales people are two-way channels of information ; they are n't there just to tell booksellers about our books , though obviously that 's a very important part of it . |
2 | Though the hall was almost empty they were n't forward enough to go into the very front seats so they entered the seats three rows back , claiming two extra chairs with folded coats . |
3 | ‘ Pity there were n't more here to see it . |
4 | It is n't primarily there to facilitate exchanges , either ( though , if it can help it will ) . |
5 | But it is n't really enough to have a work-out on the trolley once every seven days , is it ? |
6 | It is n't too soon to start thinking of summer and what you 'll look like in a swimsuit . |
7 | Fuck her I was drinking stout on Saturday night and normally do n't do it because we 've simply no money ! on the vodka and say it was n't even enough to buy a carry out but do n't say it unless she says she was here ! |
8 | She was sitting there because Dyson had invited her to , and Dyson had invited her to because there was n't anywhere else to sit . |
9 | Jim was more apt to consider that with both farms pretty much under control there really was n't much else to do ! |
10 | But he was n't ready yet to go back to his home and rummage around for documents . |
11 | Half an hour later , they sat nursing their own coffees amid the debris in the kitchen , the warmth of which was n't quite enough to effect a thaw between them . |
12 | At this rate she was n't likely even to scrape the surface , and she might as well accept that . |