Example sentences of "[conj] were not [adv] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leaders must use sound judgment and , if necessary , part from those who were inclined to involve them in disputes that were not only calculated to bring defeat but to weaken and endanger the position held at the present time " . |
| 2 | Those that were n't instantly flattened proved to be the first genuinely air-worthy chickens I had ever seen . |
| 3 | Tourists and journalists , including , to their chagrin , the three American network , were detained in a hotel on the airport road and were not even allowed to watch the cars pass by . |
| 4 | Furthermore , evidence was described to support their contention that the events were of formative importance , and were not merely serving to trigger depression in a woman who would shortly have become depressed anyway . |
| 5 | We tried to profit by our mistakes but were not always allowed to forget them by fellow crewmates . |