Example sentences of "[was/were] n't go " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , were n't gone two minutes |
| 2 | And them other doctors said I were n't to go back up London for no operation not till I was Al , else I 'd be dead as a herring . ’ |
| 3 | specifically told you from yesterday but you just , I said I 'm sorry but you did n't , you did not say that you were n't to go to lunch |
| 4 | Last September I visited a garden which was nearly a thousand feet up , and I could see that the gladioli , planted as dormant corms in early May , were n't going to flower . |
| 5 | At the end of the Gulf War , British Army authorities announced they would have to destroy all dogs which had been picked up and kept by British units in the war zone , but Dave and his colleagues decided they were n't going to let this cruel fate befall Des . |
| 6 | Nobody left the queue : they were n't going to lose their place , they 'd been queueing for an hour . |
| 7 | You did say you were n't going to dance , and she did ask me . |
| 8 | Things were n't going well for the American studios , either at home or in the UK , and they became increasingly desperate , hunting around for the winning formula some had lost and others never found . |
| 9 | He said ‘ No , sorry ’ , to which we replied that we could n't continue to play or back David if we were n't going to get any money . |
| 10 | I voted for this government because they said they were n't going to go in for that sort of rubbish . |
| 11 | I took a picture last night and put a plastic bag on and told the farmer we were n't going to put him in jail here and now . |
| 12 | They were n't going in the direction of the shops or the Sports Centre , he knew that . |
| 13 | Things were n't going at all well within the UK vehicle Division . |
| 14 | The majority had no wish to stop work , particularly after the great strides which had been made in recent months , but they were n't going to be sat on either . |
| 15 | You were n't going to tell me . |
| 16 | The babies , the bottles , the cooking , the diapering , the burping , the carriage wheeling , the pressure cooker , the barbecue , the playground and doing-it-yourself was more comfortable , more safe , secure and satisfying than that supposedly glamorous ‘ career ’ in which you somehow did n't feel wanted and knew you were n't going to get anywhere . |
| 17 | She ‘ knew ’ that she would not be returning ; no-one had ever seen her fridge in need of care and they were n't going to now . |
| 18 | We were n't going to get much literature at this festival , it seemed , so let's show the bastards . |
| 19 | One crushed car looks much like another and we were n't going to waste a completely new one . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I redrew it to what fitted our site and what I needed in terms of accommodation for the children and grannies who appear from time to time — mindful of the fact that Edwina and Michael were two and four , but were n't going to stay that size for long . ’ |
| 21 | But we were n't going foreign ; instead we turned course southwards to a queer featureless world , flat and muddy , with a shifting landscape that can never be trusted ( the water is either too shallow or too deep ) . |
| 22 | Initially I wanted to be in Kabul should there be an offensive , then reality began setting in and I could see that they were n't going to take a village , let alone a capital . ’ |
| 23 | We decided we were n't going to get on without flirting with a lot of trouble , so we opted for the trusty 1-iron again . |
| 24 | Anyway , if you look at Irwin 's last two round scores — 75–78 — they were n't going to beat anybody . |
| 25 | Brenda hoped they were n't going to charge her . |
| 26 | We were n't going to get mixed up in a job , when we were going home off duty . |
| 27 | A quick check outside confirmed my suspicions : we just were n't going up very fast . |
| 28 | No , be honest now : we were n't going up at all . |
| 29 | Well , they were n't going to win this time . |
| 30 | ‘ So you were n't going out with him ? ’ |