Example sentences of "[was/were] n't do " in BNC.
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| 1 | His ambitions were n't to do with television , however , we discovered . |
| 2 | I mean I said ‘ I want something by next Thursday ’ and , of course , they were n't there or the papers were n't done . |
| 3 | You were n't done out of anything , Phena . |
| 4 | yes that was at quarter past eight Saturday morning and at ten to eight my aunty came at night and went fucking mad she said I want a dressing and I want it now , twelve hours ago I asked for that dressing and were n't done then came |
| 5 | She says yes , but the carrots were n't done . |
| 6 | Well on , on Saturday , I might go , but like , Sunday 's a good day and I 'll I 'll were n't gon na do the market , I were n't do that market , and I could go down on Sunday . |
| 7 | We were n't doing nine to five but we were working every afternoon for a week . |
| 8 | The films were n't doing business , the unprofitable US studios were being gobbled up by large conglomerates and ‘ rationalized ’ , changes in US fiscal policy implemented in 1967 to help in funding the Vietnam war now discouraged investment by US companies abroad , and the American unions had initiated a campaign in 1968 to ‘ combat foreign production by American producers . ’ |
| 9 | They were n't doing anything — they were just being polite — but Nigel was slightly afraid that the artist was trying to get off with Eleanor . |
| 10 | You see art that 's created by people who are killing themselves making it , and I always wonder how it would turn out if they were n't doing that . |
| 11 | ‘ Terry and I tried to cut back on the silly stories by not doing anything at all , but then they attacked the fact that we were n't doing anything , ’ she said . |
| 12 | ‘ I think because they felt guilty because they were n't doing more themselves . ’ |
| 13 | You 've told me you were n't doing any harm , and I believe you . |
| 14 | It was true ; dozens of policemen had appeared , but they were n't doing anything . |
| 15 | What were these people doing that we were n't doing , and vice versa ? |
| 16 | As we flew down around hairpin bends , I thanked Fate we were n't doing the day 's route in reverse ! |
| 17 | In fact if we were n't doing it as a unison group we 'd probably do it ourselves anyway because of the fact that we 've got nine separate branches and we 'd want to have a bit of erm common , common strategy if you like between the branches anyway . |
| 18 | ‘ Please , mister , we were n't doing anything ! ’ |
| 19 | ‘ We were n't doing anything ! |
| 20 | We were n't doing anything , honest we were n't ! |
| 21 | The FO and the Government were n't doing anything effective and , worse , they seemed proud of it . |
| 22 | They charge to overheads if they were n't doing a job . |
| 23 | strict , straight to the point , the work went on the blackboard , you were given so long to do it , close your book and if you did n't do it you never saw the teacher , but you felt his cane on your knuckles and he knew you were n't doing your work , so you did it . |
| 24 | But there was big , it was a huge place , you know , and there were a lot of women that did really heavy men 's work , we were n't doing men 's work . |
| 25 | And then when I was about twenty four , twenty four or five I 'd got twenty men working for me , so er we were n't doing so bad . |
| 26 | Then at the end of the scene we noticed the Indians were n't doing what they normally did which was stick their poles in to stop the raft . |
| 27 | For instance the , the doctors in the hospitals had a lot of work because people rushed into jogging who were n't fit for it or were n't doing it with the right conditions . |
| 28 | AFTER THE Tunney fiasco , they were n't doing anything without putting it through the full committee structure . |
| 29 | He did n't condemn the money-lenders ; he did n't condemn the family and friends who were n't doing anything to help ; he did n't even ask her how much she needed . |
| 30 | I were n't doing it all although I sort of organized it . |