Example sentences of "[noun] were not [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 And the Fijians were n't about to let Tim Horan and his new-look side get a look-in in the semi-final .
2 A CPSU central committee resolution of July 3 , 1989 , complained that local officials were not fully implementing January decisions to erect memorials to such victims .
3 Mohamed Ali 's aims were not just to protect Egypt but to make her an expansionist power in the Eastern Mediterranean .
4 The Mozarts were not only granted leave , but on this occasion presented with money by the Prince Archbishop .
5 It was a demonstration of what would happen if Franco were not there to impose order .
6 During this time the bishops were not only rubbing shoulders with the experts in the coffee shop ( known as the Bar-Jonah ) , but they were also attending lectures by the periti .
7 The Girls were not highly trained dancers and were frankly terrified of him .
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