Example sentences of "is n't [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is n't me doing this , she was thinking . |
| 2 | Oh no it is n't we intend to redevelop the site |
| 3 | I I 'm happy to serve as long as it is n't you know , I mean I I ca n't give a lot of time because er my time 's so committed . |
| 4 | Like it is n't you know that the Eucharist , er the the the communion is very central to our worship and having had ten years working at the Navy that was an eye opener and deepening of my own spiritual awareness in the , as in the sanctity that I got , the sacrament and how other churches see it and er helped to create a very affirm , at the very centre of my own if you like , pilgrimage . |
| 5 | erm so the fact that now peasants are running their own associations is n't you know a riff-raff , obviously the peasants in your , your point of view |
| 6 | no I think it 's the speciality is that , in him and how he reacts with people , it is n't you know just what he 's good at or not good at |
| 7 | And in your Ks whenever you come across a word that starts with a K make sure you put it in your book and have a look at those occasionally so that you 're pretty sure you know all these K words and then if it is n't you say well okay got to be a C. |
| 8 | And the trail went dead for about another fortnight , I did n't hear any more so , I thought Well maybe it is n't you see , maybe it is n't this chap 's furniture after all . |
| 9 | It 's hard is n't it to decide ? |
| 10 | ‘ Is n't it taking a big chance , sending a man like Dalby inside Romania ? |
| 11 | ‘ My affair with Florian , since that 's what you choose to believe , has nothing to do with you — past or present — but why is n't it stopping you ? ’ she demanded . |
| 12 | ‘ Is n't it getting too hot ? ’ |
| 13 | I think it 's something is n't it getting on for five hundred for the whole year was n't it . |
| 14 | But is n't it getting more difficult to repair cars on the roadside with the growing complexity of modern engineering ? |
| 15 | He paused before smiling at her and saying , ‘ Is n't it amazing the choice that one has in tobacco . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Then why is n't it sold ? ’ |
| 17 | Is n't it demoralizing for police officers to see offenders not being prosecuted ? |
| 18 | Yeah , it is is n't it Thank goodness for washing machines eh ? |
| 19 | No no I mean it 's er it it it is only polite is n't it to do that er |
| 20 | having said that it 's getting them , getting them back is n't it to do it what was I gon na say before I started saying something did you |
| 21 | Just looking at the kind of programmes you 're getting on television now , erm Sunday evening there 's programme about emotions , ‘ Okay Two ’ is n't it called ? |
| 22 | If you 're just trying to remember them all and you 've got all these words and letters floating round in your head it 's quite awkward is n't it trying to sort them out which is which cos there are you know millions of words . |
| 23 | It 's a heck of a time is n't it to let |
| 24 | and is n't it hoped your buying , hope that you will look more beautiful . |
| 25 | And if to is completely meaningless when used with the infinitive , why is n't it tending to disappear completely ? |
| 26 | This triple-edged razor is probably put together by a bunch of names that we 're already familiar with and on a label strong enough to propel it into the club circus , but if it is n't it does n't matter ; there 's a future here if this is a first attempt . |
| 27 | " Is n't it to help them transport the rubber and coal and rice and all the things that they export from the colony ? " |
| 28 | Is n't it mangrove swamps where you find blue-clawed crabs ? |
| 29 | Is n't it becoming dangerous ? |
| 30 | Erm , but it seems to be the case that when there are not councillors here whinging away at officers , saying why is n't it working , nothing happens , it all gets sort of forgotten or something . |