Example sentences of "be [not/n't] [pron] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although you 're not we do n't ask for education but your background 's not exactly in academic area . |
| 2 | Yes , so there 's nothing we can say we 're not we do n't want want to make them feel awkward about it I mean they have planned what they can plan . |
| 3 | I mean they 're not they have n't sort of died out |
| 4 | It 's strange well erm I mean with , Bon 's just qualified now and she trying to get a job down in Portsmouth but erm you know they 're not they do n't |
| 5 | Doubt if be in there , cos he knows we 're not I do n't know what the snowball is , it might be a plastic snowball ! |
| 6 | You you do n't go from er you you 're not you have n't got like ongoing assignments three or four at the same time ? |
| 7 | Even though I 'm not one to go out , some days you wish you did n't have someone dependent on you and could just go out and about . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm not one to speak ill of my betters , as you know , ’ said Mrs Cornforth , ‘ but her Ladyship 's remarks within Thomas 's hearing about my profiteroles Angels would not forgive ! ’ |
| 9 | She did n't look up when I said I was sorry I had been unkind , just went on opening drawers and dropping things and muttering ; I had begun to wonder if she had heard me , when she said , ‘ All right , all right , I 'm going just as soon as I can get my things together , I 'm not one to stay where I 'm not wanted . ’ |
| 10 | You see I 'm not he goes either |
| 11 | No , I 'm , I 'm not you see so I can do it if you 're busy |
| 12 | I 'm not I mean so |
| 13 | I 'm not I do n't necessarily want to dispute them erm all I would say is that we have to look at the implications do n't just look at the change in the traffic flows and take them as a as a point , you have to look at the implications of those changes in traffic flows . |
| 14 | I 'm not I do n't know really about that . |
| 15 | Are n't agricultural prices subsidized twice , they 're subsidized to the farmers , so the farmer gets X for growing it which increases the price automatically on the market , but are n't they subsidized so they can be sold abroad ? |
| 16 | So why are n't they crawling all over the place ? ’ |
| 17 | It 's no good just saying you can report fraud er to er t t to the regulator , they should also be responsible to the shareholders , the stake holders , everybody involved er in er er er a company er and in fact er they are n't they have really responsibility to no one except the directors er who appoint them , the company share holders are given very little information , the choice of auditors er is firmly in the director 's director 's hands , the depositors , the consumers , the employees er have no say er in the appointment of er auditors and more important the recent legal cases for instance and the Al Saudi Bank er er and Berg er sons er and company also decided that er auditors do n't owe a duty of care er to individual shareholders , potential investors , the current or potential creditors er even though that information is supposed to be there to help markets understand what is happening to that committee and the government showed no indication that it wants to reverse these judgements , it should reverse them , there should be specific responsibilities attached to er auditors to give them a duty of care er so that we get the information er and er spend more widely and the share holders and the stake holders know what 's going on er er er as well as er the bank or the financial er institution er itself . |
| 18 | Why are n't they chained up somewhere ? |
| 19 | Are n't we close up ? |
| 20 | But are n't we getting away from the subject ? ’ |
| 21 | Scarlet asked wearily , ‘ If you mean why are n't we dining out , it 's because it 's a ridiculous waste of money … ’ |
| 22 | Bernard soon awoke and asked ; ‘ Are n't we home yet ? ’ |
| 23 | Well why are n't we talking then . |
| 24 | I 'm careless are n't I turn round . |
| 25 | She said , ‘ And why are n't you getting on where you are ? ’ |
| 26 | Silas sent Lucy a bleak look as he said crisply , ‘ Well — are n't you getting in ? |
| 27 | ‘ Forgive my asking , ’ she added , ‘ But are n't you wearing rather impractical gear for grubbing around in the earth or whatever it is you do ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Are n't you taking rather a one-sided view of it ? ’ she ventured sharply . |
| 29 | ‘ Why , are n't you ready yet ? |
| 30 | I 've been stood out there ages ! — Anyway , why are n't you dressed yet , you lazy beggar ? |