Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [not/n't] [art] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I would have stood my ground , I was n't a dog to be sent running hither and thither , but Benjamin added his plea with his eyes . |
| 2 | Also , in several European countries legislation had been passed to ‘ extend ’ agreements to employers who were not a party to the negotiations ( see Chapter 5 ) . |
| 3 | Molly , anxious again to show that she was not a stranger to the life of Mondano said , ‘ Is it true , do you think , about her parents ? ’ |
| 4 | She was not a party to the proceedings and she was not represented before the court . |
| 5 | The plaintiff could not sue in contract because she was not a party to the contract ; it had been her friend who had bought the drink . |
| 6 | It may be extremely difficult for the landlord to resist a claim by a person at the premises who suffers injury as a result of the landlord 's default and who was not a party to the lease . |
| 7 | There was not a weakness to be seen and no-one at the game would back against them ending a 26-year wait for the Championship . |
| 8 | The elegant chairs and sofas had gone ; there was not a flower to be seen and , where the gold curtain had been , there was a very ordinary and rather battered door , through which they were taken to Paul de Levantiére 's tiny , chaotic office . |
| 9 | After another couple of hair-raising bends , they entered the tiny village of Ham , where there was not a light to be seen . |
| 10 | There was not a soul to be seen on the pavements . |
| 11 | There was not a soul to be seen , and apart from a hammering noise echoing from somewhere distant , and an occasional coughing in a room to the back of the house , there is still no sound to be heard . |
| 12 | There was not a soul to be seen , which was hardly surprising , considering . |
| 13 | There was not a soul to be seen , though it was a weekend and the sun was shining after many days of rain . |
| 14 | Well , that raises the old question — or might raise it , if there was not an answer to it-of Lampleigh v. Brathwait ( above , p. 200 ) , a subject of great interest to every scientific lawyer , as to whether a past service will support a promise . |
| 15 | ‘ One faces a decision , I guess at such times , about how far to go with company instructions , and since the spirit of such meetings only appeared to be correcting a horrible price level situation , that there was not an attempt to actually damage customers , charge excessive prices , there was no personal gain in it for me , the company did not seem actually to be defrauding , corporate statements can evidence the fact that there have been poor profits during all these years … |
| 16 | There was n't a seagull to be seen Maggie suddenly realized . |
| 17 | Thankfully , there was n't a table to be had , but her run of luck — bad luck , that was — seemed to be holding . |
| 18 | From where they were there was n't a soul to be seen — certainly no other campers . |
| 19 | There was n't a star to be seen in the sky . |
| 20 | There was n't a cup to be found . |
| 21 | She said : ‘ There was n't a place to be found in Redcar for him , and finding a private flat or bedsit for someone with little funds is very difficult . |
| 22 | Sally , area organiser of the King George V Fund for Sailors , said : ‘ For the same event last year , there was n't a seat to be had , but this year we are having trouble selling tickets . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ It was n't a subject to Plato , ’ said Barfield , ‘ it was a way . |
| 24 | Fifty years ago it was n't a disgrace to be poor — it was a shared misfortune with thousands of others . |
| 25 | It was n't the time to be playing silly games . |
| 26 | Winnie and Rab , whatever else : the sloshing wine , they kicked and whooped the party , it was not a night to be forgotten . |
| 27 | However necessary a trip to Australia began to seem , it was not a voyage to be undertaken lightly . |
| 28 | It was not a call to workaholism and a sense of achievement , but to an abiding relationship with him . |
| 29 | Somehow this charge generated itself involuntarily ; it was not a reaction to anything with which Jean-Claude provided me . |
| 30 | That was the only trouble with wei chi — it was not a game to be played against oneself . |