Example sentences of "was n't [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was n't telling him . |
| 2 | ‘ I was n't telling the truth yesterday . ’ |
| 3 | Barney Moss either did n't know who had staked the seed money … or he was n't telling , and not even the Spanish Inquisition was going to change that state of affairs . |
| 4 | More , there was something Nils was n't telling her . |
| 5 | Ellwood was n't telling Carey how tight things were , or what methods might have to be used . |
| 6 | Was there something that Mother was n't telling them ? |
| 7 | He kept his face turned away from her so that she would n't see that he was n't telling the whole truth . |
| 8 | Jed was coming up to five years old , very bright but also very quiet … so quiet that she worried sometimes , wondering if there were things wrong that he was n't telling her . |
| 9 | Kate shook her head again , saying she did n't know , and Mrs Blakey was aware she was n't telling the truth . |
| 10 | I really do n't know , and the man certainly was n't telling , whether he had any hard evidence at all to connect Jefferson with the theft , if it was a theft , of candles from the Cathedral . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm not interested , ’ she said , knowing she was n't telling the whole truth . |
| 12 | When he looked at you it was like he knew something he was n't telling , or was laughing at you , no matter what it was he said . |
| 13 | He really did believe she knew something she was n't telling . |
| 14 | He was n't telling the fans anything they do n't already know that this Everton team has been allowed to slide into mediocrity , and that the values of the old ‘ school of science ’ have been allowed to melt away like snow in the Sahara . |
| 15 | I thought she 'd and just was n't telling me but anyway |
| 16 | For once in his life he was n't exaggerating . |
| 17 | That 's why I was n't pissing about when I rushed on shouting ‘ GOOD EVENING EVERYONE ! ’ like exaggerated … |
| 18 | That night , as often when she put Josh to bed , Clare held the most precious thing in her world close to her heart and felt guilty and ashamed that she was n't providing him with the things she thought she should . |
| 19 | Ink was n't advocating Bott as a philosopher . |
| 20 | population levels i in the area of Greater York , an allocation would suggest that , he was n't advocating that , it was just a pro rata ball park estimate , and he did n't purport to make it add up to the residual requirement okay ? |
| 21 | He would have to go away himself , leaving Druid 's Bottom when Hepzibah left , although he was n't leaving the valley . |
| 22 | ‘ Was n't leaving anything to chance . |
| 23 | Well , she was n't leaving until she 'd sorted this muddle out . |
| 24 | She was sitting on the bed with her album — that sparsely-peopled record of whatever it was that she 'd left behind and she was n't leafing through it but hugging it close , as if it was a physical source of comfort to her when times were at their lowest . |
| 25 | Curiously , Palin made a point in the commentary about how he was n't pretending that he was on his own or that there were not gruff acolytes kneeling at his feet as he spoke . |
| 26 | ‘ He was n't pretending , Harry . |
| 27 | ‘ On the last tour I basically played the same thing every night and I suddenly came to the realisation that I was n't progressing as much as I should . |
| 28 | On the last tour I basically played the same thing every night and I suddenly came to the realisation that I was n't progressing as much as I should |
| 29 | When I was n't dozing off in chapel , I was having difficulty in keeping awake in class and , to a greater extent , during prep-time , when I was supposed to be working alone . |
| 30 | We was n't breaking the law so they had to put up their batons and go away without beating anybody … |