Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] n't [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | whether you still pay them tax wise they now I 've still got my redundancy money I were n't thirty days without it , or I 'll |
| 2 | she said I was n't four years old and she was still working in the box office . |
| 3 | I tried to warn you , but I was n't much help . |
| 4 | Mine suffered from a lack of treble , and while I was n't disappointed overall , I did wonder a bit . |
| 5 | I was n't hot inside and I could move again . |
| 6 | ‘ I was n't rude but I was n't given time to explain . ’ |
| 7 | Originally I wanted to be a doctor like my father , but it was soon clear I did n't have the intelligence for that — that 's to say I was n't any good at mathematics and physics and that sort of thing . |
| 8 | They made out I was n't any good at arithmetic , which I was n't , but that was n't the reason . |
| 9 | ‘ I was n't any good at anything . |
| 10 | I failed the Eleven-Plus — that horrible thing and that made me feel I was n't any good . |
| 11 | ‘ They said I was n't any use to Them . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ You are n't real Wombles ! |
| 13 | ‘ You are n't that kind of person , ’ said Louise . |
| 14 | It would be the height of bad manners , and I know you are n't that sort of person . |
| 15 | But frankly it 's not likely to irritate your skin anyway because er you are n't industrial users of this you would only ever touch these chemicals for a very short time so the any possible side effects they might er have on you will be greatly diminished by the fact that you did n't use them very much . |
| 16 | But even if you are n't another Bowie or Elton John , you still need to try and develop an original style . |
| 17 | ‘ You are n't old Mo ’ she reassured him . |
| 18 | Well she were she were n't broad Geordie you see . |
| 19 | I goes well all the , all the questions were matters science and she were n't any good at that |
| 20 | ‘ Well , my dear , just think back ; you were n't many months older . ’ |
| 21 | The third part is perhaps something that erm , we find a little more difficult , I do found that er number two , number three and number four if you were n't careful blends very much into one another and actually then part three as far as I 'm concerned actually putting across the benefits is really the main part I think and that really is putting into everyday English what we know as professionals as in technical terms , cos if you go and talk to somebody whatever it is , they have n't got a clue we have , we talk about it all the time and I think the biggest criticism of the insurance industry as a whole is the fact that you do n't talk to people in English and that 's why it 's got such a foot in the door and I think the third part for me really is the most important part of the sales process , relating our cock-ups in English , the benefits the client . |
| 22 | ‘ I know how you must feel but I had to be sure you were n't another journalist out for a story . ’ |
| 23 | She was sitting in a very old overstuffed leather sofa and hiding a notebook behind her large handbag because she was n't sure notebooks were allowed in the club ; not much was . |
| 24 | And sh they she was given erm some sort of oh something to put her to sleep or whatever gas and I know sh she seemed to know what she was doing but this lady that was there with her she passed out with the smell of gas in the room so she was n't much help . |
| 25 | She was n't much fun , old Angie , but effing good on a mattress . ’ |
| 26 | She was n't that fat , compared to others anywany . |
| 27 | She wanted to assure him that she was n't that kind of idiot . |
| 28 | She was n't that kind of girl . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Well , she was n't that sort . |
| 30 | She was n't surprised Fen had n't called her . |