Example sentences of "[pron] were not [adv] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously Ted and I were n't always around to scrutinize the intricate excitements of this new love , especially as Dad and Eva spent many evenings over the river in London proper , going to the theatre to see controversial plays , to German films or to lectures by Marxists , and to high-class parties . |
| 2 | Anxiously she hoped not , although she had had one or two uneasy moments about certain other guests who were not simply here to witness the ceremony like the gentlemen from the mill and the dressmakers , but would have to be entertained to champagne and bride-cake and all the other delicacies Mrs Drubb had prepared for them afterwards , at Frizingley Hall . |
| 3 | Would gamelan music come to bore him if there were not much else to listen to ? |
| 4 | ‘ Pity there were n't more here to see it . |
| 5 | Though the hall was almost empty they were n't forward enough to go into the very front seats so they entered the seats three rows back , claiming two extra chairs with folded coats . |