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Example sentences for "isna"

Lexicographically close words:
isles; islet; islets; isme; isms; isnt; iso; isobaric; isobars; isobath
  1. Ay, she can hear the great flaming thing burning oop mair coal and mair coal; but it isna fire we want, laddie, but steam.

  2. Naebody threw a turf, for there isna turf to throw.

  3. She isna a peautiful animal," said Watty scornfully.

  4. A man that's got the names and the natur o' plants in's head isna likely to keep a hollow place t' hold tunes in.

  5. It isna by my wish as thee hast a stroke o' work to do.

  6. But, anyway, she isna going before the harvest supper o' Wednesday, and you must come then.

  7. Well, Mother, whose fault is it there isna some tidy body i' th' house t' help thee?

  8. It isna many folks I send for t' come an' see me.

  9. But I say it isna religion, to be so obstinate--is it now, Adam?

  10. It isna the first chiel he has shot," said young Wilton, who appeared just then.

  11. The warld isna lang for me, and yet it is pleasant to my auld een.

  12. They blend weel thegither, and strengthen ane's faith, for it isna hard to see that He that created the ane inspired the ither.

  13. I fear it isna possible for Jamie to come in time to see his faither alive," said Belle.

  14. It isna sae daft a notion, perhaps," he said, following up his advantage.

  15. I ken that," said Annie, "but I canna forget that I grieved her mony times when I kenned weel eneuch I was doing wrang; that isna pleasant to remember.

  16. Auld Muckle Geordie has naething to do wi' Donald, who isna quite twa years older than yoursel, and naething can be said against him.

  17. There isna need to be sae muckle heated aboot it, Sandy," said his father.

  18. It isna gude for me nor you to gang there.

  19. It isna my feet alane, but I hae a sair pain when I cough; and I hae nae mair strength than wee Jamie; and it is nae wonder, for I sweat sae muckle o' nights.

  20. But ye maun keep up your heart for Jeanie's sake, for if she isna your wife, she will never be the wife of living man.

  21. But," continued Gager Tramp, "thinkest thou the daughter o' yon hangit body isna as rank a witch as ho?

  22. Oh, my Leddy, then it isna what we hae dune for oursells, but what we hae dune for others, that we think on maist pleasantly.

  23. Gude morning to ye, sir; ye hae been kind to my father, and it isna in my heart to think otherwise than kindly of you.

  24. I'm sure nae Scot that isna a fool wad ever let that sound, ation, come out o' his mouth.

  25. He isna nineteen yet; and my daughter Anne and him are bonnier than ony twa pictures that ever were hung up in the Duke o' Northumberland's castle.

  26. Confound me, if it isna the very chield that I gied the clout in the lug to in your mother's the other night for his good behaviour.

  27. He isna so ill, noo, Maister Traill, but I wadna advise ye to hae muckle to say to 'im.

  28. Suddenly, the memory of the stormy night, the sick old man and the pathos of his renunciation of the only beating heart in the world that loved him--"Bobby isna ma ain dog!

  29. His bit grave isna so far frae the martyrs' monument.

  30. It isna so far but the bairnies could march oot wi' posies.

  31. Saturday isna the day for 'im to be gaen aboot.

  32. With keener appreciation of its pathos, Mr. Traill recalled that this was what Auld Jock had said: "Bobby isna ma ain dog.

  33. Gin a bit dog, wha hands 'is gab, isna seemly, thae pussies are the deil's ain bairns.

  34. Isna that jist what ye micht be singin' yersel', efter what ye was sayin' last nicht?

  35. He wud tell her she sud work for her livin', an' maybe there isna ae turn the puir thing can dee 'at onybody wad gie her a bawbee for a day o'!

  36. Gavin isna far wrong there; David is a very close man, but he willna see his sister suffer, there is no fear of that.

  37. But I'm aboon bribing you--a fair offer isna a bribe.

  38. There isna a pagan altar-stane 'tween John O'Groat's an' Lambaness he doesna run after.

  39. But please, please do not take me home to-night, in this party dress--and a coat that isna mine at all!

  40. If you have any hide that isna your own, ye should hide it away at once!

  41. Ay, but the kist in the garret isna locked," Nanny answered.

  42. A bonnie bairnie,' he said, 'Isna he, sir?

  43. I pray thee to turn him frae the error o' 's ways afore he goes hence an' isna more.

  44. But isna yer mistress i' the drawin'-room?

  45. Isna it strange that the verra sin suld bring an angel frae haven upo' the back o' 't to uphaud an' restore the sinner?

  46. There isna a pipe that isna squairting steam out of some crack or itha, and it'll take all the cotton-waste in the ship to bind up the leaks.

  47. And isna yoursel in my arms twa; 95 Then how can ye lang for day?

  48. Your biggin isna broken, sir, 95 Nor is your towers won; But the fairest lady in a' the land This day for you maun burn.

  49. If there isna a place called Uz, it is mair than likely there never was a man called Job.

  50. I shall stay here and see the bonnie wee thing isna left to their mercy.

  51. They turn up their lang noses, and the palms o' their greedy hands at the like o' you and me, but there isna a lady or a gentleman at this table, that wouldna scorn the dirty things they did here.

  52. Singing a psalm isna a thing fit to be done in your ain parlor on the Sunday.

  53. Robertson isna infallible, and 'wi' his ten romping, rampaging sons and daughters, he be to lay down a strict law.

  54. And if it isna lawfu' to talk o' Mistress Traquair Campbell, there's no law forbidding me to talk o' them Lairds and Crawfords.

  55. Mattie, haud up the lantern--Conscience if it isna the keys!

  56. It will be the Lord Jesus who comes cheerin' ye when ye're feelin' some lonesome like, isna it, Kirsty?

  57. It isna genteel to be going so early," she said.

  58. If I haena seen her I hae heard o' her," said he; "and by all accounts her countenance isna ane that ony man would desire to see accompanying him through the world like a shadow at his oxter.

  59. Willie Scott isna the lad to turn his back, though ten full-grown Murrays stand before his face.

  60. It's the first time I hae spoken to ye roughly, but it isna the first time my spirit has mourned ower ye.

  61. If it isna my business, Nicholas,' said she, 'I would like to ken whase business it is?

  62. There isna a bairn that I have among ye to mend another.

  63. But isna your freen himsel lang o' makin his appearance?


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