Example sentences of "[was/were] not [verb] [to-vb] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Royal watchers said that during the first official engagement of the day the royal couple appeared to be in fairly good spirits , although they were not seen to talk to each other or exchange glances . |
| 2 | For many teachers the self-appraisal failed to be a major event , either because they were not required to participate in any review activities or because they were unable or unwilling to devote much time to it . |
| 3 | It also restated downward — although not drastically , previously reported results for fiscal years to June 1992 and 1991 , to reflect the fact that customers that bought Sequoia gear were not required to pay for some kit until it was resold to end-users . |
| 4 | The working class were not going to fall for this one , and neither were their wives . |
| 5 | We were not allowed to dance with each other . |
| 6 | For this reason the collectors were not allowed to remain in any town , other than large cities , for more than one week per year . |
| 7 | This meant that couples who had married across the religious divide were not allowed to adopt at all . |
| 8 | But heating and housing technology were not brought to bear on this , the single most significant change in the way we live . |
| 9 | The court was not asked to rule on any of Unix Labs 's trade secrets claims , according to the company 's chief counsel , Sandy Tannenbaum . |
| 10 | The court was not asked to rule on any of USL 's trade secrets claims , according to USL 's chief counsel Sandy Tannenbaum . |
| 11 | ‘ Having regard to the terms of the contract , the conduct of the parties and the circumstances of the case , I have no doubt that the property was not intended to pass in this case on contract but only in exchange for a valid building society cheque , but even if it may be regarded as intended to pass in exchange for a false , but believed genuine , building society cheque it will not in my view avail the insurers . ’ |
| 12 | We agree with the judge that the Code simply was not intended to apply in such a context . |
| 13 | Holiness , in early medieval society , was not seen to lie above all in the cultivation of a personal and interior life of prayer , morality , and spiritual meekness . |
| 14 | Zukor had risked a great deal in his cover-up of evidence in the Taylor scandal , and he was not going to go through another nightmare , so he decided to have Reid put away . |
| 15 | She was not going to jump to any more dubious conclusions . |
| 16 | Norfolk 's and Rent 's adherence to Lancaster was motivated by little more than expediency , and when it looked as though he was not going to win after all they defected to Mortimer . |
| 17 | Elisabeth already felt herself rebuked in the presence of Fru Møller and the Colonel — over matters beyond her control — and she was not going to add to that burden of disapproval if she could avoid it ; not again . |