Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] n't [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His mind was n't on the game at all : it was on balance sheets and interest rates and VAT and cash flow and overdraft facilities . |
| 2 | By the middle of the following week , however , she was really missing her trips to the pool and she decided that on Wednesday afternoon , which was one of the afternoons when David was n't at the factory , she would take a chance and go for a swim . |
| 3 | At some point during all this nonsense Meehan stormed out of the court , shouting that his free pardon was n't worth the paper it was printed on . |
| 4 | And anyway , who needs words ? she told herself blissfully , as they continued to float across the dance-floor together — though Ronni was n't on the dance-floor , she had both feet in heaven . |
| 5 | In the same vein of concentrated analysis ( and again , with rather an insufficiency of music examples ) Oliver Neighbour considers the authorship of certain anonymous keyboard pieces , most particularly a transcription of Byrd 's ‘ O quam gloriosum est regnum ’ Its procedures demonstrate the activity of a master hand ( not inconceivably Byrd 's own ) even if only to satisfy himself that the exercise was n't worth the candle . |
| 6 | And Frank was n't round the theatre the night she disappeared . |
| 7 | ‘ I bet his telephone was n't off the hook at all . |
| 8 | But Pam was n't in the mood for levity . |
| 9 | Team Leader was n't in a discussion mood . |
| 10 | He was immediately enthralled : ‘ I do n't think there was a moment after that … when the wish to work at the House of Commons was n't at the back of my mind . ’ |
| 11 | Coming back later on one 's own was rarely useful : even if the relatives were n't round the bed there was rarely a doctor prepared to give guidance . |
| 12 | The birds were singing , the sun was shining , but Jessamy was n't in the mood to appreciate any of it . |
| 13 | But Jessamy was n't in the mood to be placated . |
| 14 | The pad was n't beside the phone in the hall . |
| 15 | The ref said the first time the ball was n't on the spot properly so the kick had to be retaken . |
| 16 | Future excuses could be ‘ our name was n't on the cup ’ ‘ we had possession but we could n't convert ’ or ‘ the ball would n't go in the net ’ . |
| 17 | Arthur was n't in the garden like |
| 18 | Well that fail sign was n't on the caravan when we was doing that axle underneath . |
| 19 | I said well when I was here last that sign was n't on the thing then ! |
| 20 | Apart from Perdita , the Rutshire team for the Jack Gannon Cup consisted of Justin and Patrick Lombard , farmer 's sons who 'd spent their lives in the saddle and who made up for lack of finesse with dogged determination , and David Waterlane 's son , Mike , now nearly twenty-one , who played like an angel when his father was n't on the sideline bellowing at him . |
| 21 | As their appointment was n't until the afternoon , Sukey Benedict asked them to lunch beforehand . |
| 22 | Sara was n't in the kitchen but a voice behind him said : ‘ You wanted me , Superintendent ? ’ |
| 23 | No the woman was n't in the shop you see and young girl another girl in there Julie and that and she was running on to Pam . |
| 24 | Big Ron will be confident of victory but would sleep easier if Big Mal was n't on the opposition bench . |
| 25 | ‘ But my daughter was n't in the car . ’ |
| 26 | The song was n't in the ground , it was inside her head , growing louder , taking up more precious space in her sundered mind . |
| 27 | With his visibility problems aggravated by the scar tissue around his eyes , he could n't see ; he thought it was just stupid to race under these conditions ; the world championship was n't worth the risk involved . |
| 28 | If Rod or Jim were n't on the set on time , we would have to wait about until they arrived . |
| 29 | ‘ Yesterday probably because the photos were n't in the house when I called to see him last night . |
| 30 | Farmer Nash was n't at the market , and a few minutes later we saw his angry red face above the wall on the far side of the field . |