Example sentences of "it be n't such " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 'd have to admire the elegance of it if it were n't such an outrage . |
| 2 | It is n't such a large service after all . " |
| 3 | But now , if I do it in spring , it is n't such a big job . |
| 4 | But , of course , the devil finds work for idle hands , and they began thieving , acquiring all manner of things but particularly musical equipment When they realised it was mostly too hot to sell they thought maybe it was n't such a bad idea to learn how to play the stuff they had thieved . |
| 5 | Taking a steady look at it , thought Nelly to herself , easing off her shoes for greater comfort , it was n't such a bad little house , and certainly very much more conveniently placed for shopping than her own cottage at Lulling Woods . |
| 6 | But perhaps it was n't such a very good story after all . |
| 7 | All in all , it was n't such a bad old war . |
| 8 | It was n't such a bad idea , even though Spurs are one of the truly great clubs and Venables one of the brightest bosses . |
| 9 | I gritted my teeth and decided it was n't such a one-sided deal after all . |
| 10 | If it was n't such a poor country , in necessary debt to America — remember the invasion of Grenada ? — and the vagaries of the bauxite and tourist industries , this would be an Eden of mango and banana trees . |
| 11 | Or schools get very excited by computer-assisted learning , ordering equipment and retraining teachers — only to find that the pupils , so full of enthusiasm three years ago , have totally lost interest , while the ‘ experts ’ are once again suggesting that it was n't such a good idea after all . |
| 12 | You might say that it was n't such a terrible thing , but it 's not the actual abuse that matters so much . |
| 13 | ‘ But Frank , ’ she begged in a trembling voice , ‘ it was n't such a terrible mistake ! |
| 14 | It was n't such a young face any more . |
| 15 | er , and we were n't very busy , so it was n't such a fag . |
| 16 | She knew it was a modern world and that it happened to people all the time and that it was n't such a big deal — medically or culturally . |