Example sentences of "it [modal v] n't [be] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should n't be and I think it 's a very sad reflection on the human race that it often is . ’ |
| 2 | She said , between sobs that seemed to tear her chest open , something that sounded like , ‘ All my fault He knew it could n't be that because it did n't make sense but there was no point in asking her what she had said because she was crying too hard She cried and cried and Nick sat and watched . |
| 3 | Of course it could n't be that Nick had been relieved . |
| 4 | It could n't be that I was right , and while I yearned to return to a certainty I already knew , I heard only my mother 's voice , insisting , on one dead note , that she knew of what life should consist . |
| 5 | It could n't be but it was . |
| 6 | No it could n't be cos that 's the gulf where the sun goes down . |
| 7 | It could n't be because golf carts — ’ he levelled a look at Nelson ‘ — are careening round the grounds with a complete lack of any regard for safety . |
| 8 | ‘ It could n't be because I am , I suppose ? ’ |
| 9 | It ca n't be but fifty or eighty mile from here . |
| 10 | It ca n't be that you have no principles . |
| 11 | No it ca n't be cos we 've only just just turned that one over ! |
| 12 | It 's supposed to be dead , but it ca n't be because — look ! the tendon is moving slightly , the muscle 's quivering . |
| 13 | so it would n't be that they interruptions listening necessarily it would just be that would n't expect to have to . |
| 14 | Certainly it would n't be because staff sit around the lounge at night and make guests the butt of practical jokes . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ It would n't be because guests are being gossiped about , and even spied on through binoculars , would it ? ’ |
| 16 | At the moment it was warm , but soon it would n't be and he would need fires . |
| 17 | Sir , — Election time does not have to be like this , and it would n't be if politicians did n't behave like cocks , strutting their stuff ! |
| 18 | Notice how this is beautifully covered with my fingerprints now which it would n't be if I was handling it properly . |
| 19 | It would n't be if it fell , would it ! |
| 20 | There will be some perks around the 7th and 8th , but it wo n't be until well after the 14th that you will feel back in the swing of things again , particularly at work . |
| 21 | The market research group reckons it wo n't be until the second half of next year that Unix will achieve the degree of functionality needed to match proprietary systems as viable , enterprise-wide server platform , ESP . |
| 22 | Skates forecasts that it wo n't be until early 1993 that sales of the Unix-based AViiON workstation and server line cross the proprietary MV line . |
| 23 | The situation today is very muddled , software is available for both the Apple Macintosh and the IBM PC and its compatibles but even more is just around the corner and it wo n't be until towards the end of the first quarter of next year that the market will have stabilised . |
| 24 | ‘ And it wo n't be until I say so . ’ |
| 25 | If it does n't go to the main group , it wo n't be and we may have to do something ourselves . |
| 26 | But even if that 's true , it wo n't be because sighs are n't words . |
| 27 | They will say invest in whatever it is say Global Investment no it wo n't be because that 's tied to the Halifax Building Society but just say Global Investments as a name . |
| 28 | ‘ But if I take the job , ’ she blurted , goaded by the idea that he found her lack of sophistication amusing , ‘ it wo n't be because I like the house . |
| 29 | No , it wo n't be because they do n't do the , they do n't do an open afternoon if it 's a championship |
| 30 | Well I think , I 've got ta say that I think it might be ha it might be working better now with there but when not there and we go to and say can you tell me where X Y Z is , the response you 're gon na get is I 'm sorry I do n't know and the reason she wo n't know is that she 's never bothered to ask because she 's not talking so it 's okay while there but it wo n't be when she 's not because I 've had that , sorry I do n't know . |