Example sentences of "[was/were] not [v-ing] [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | He was not supporting me in the way I felt he should support me . |
| 5 | I was not accompanying her to the home but was treating her to a taxi all the way . |
| 6 | When Gina was not smacking him with the laundry bag or scratching his face , they lived a life of complete indifference to one another . |