Example sentences of "[was/were] not [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they were not having anybody in the mine , with a watch , who could let people know exactly what the time was , and in other words , create a situation where the men might go home before they 'd completed this particular task . |
| 2 | Half the subjects were given this information in advance but the other half were not told anything about the subject matter of the passage . |
| 3 | The films used in this study were , however , relatively short and it was clear that subjects were not describing anything like the total amount of information that was available . |
| 4 | I also advised him that if he were not to accept it on the spot he should defer any decision on it until after he had concluded his coincidental visit to the Province today . |
| 5 | ‘ The truth is I knew throughout the summer that my game was not as sharp and I was not enjoying myself on the course as I did in 1991 . |
| 6 | At what I called the Winter Marsh inlet , though it was not called anything on the map , there was a wooden quay in what struck me as remarkably good condition for a structure that presumably had not been used for several years . |
| 7 | He was not supporting me in the way I felt he should support me . |
| 8 | I was not accompanying her to the home but was treating her to a taxi all the way . |
| 9 | When Gina was not smacking him with the laundry bag or scratching his face , they lived a life of complete indifference to one another . |