Example sentences of "[was/were] n't [verb] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When I left my number at your office , I said that you were n't to call me during the day . |
| 2 | For instance the , the doctors in the hospitals had a lot of work because people rushed into jogging who were n't fit for it or were n't doing it with the right conditions . |
| 3 | That night , as often when she put Josh to bed , Clare held the most precious thing in her world close to her heart and felt guilty and ashamed that she was n't providing him with the things she thought she should . |
| 4 | Oh I think an electric drill it was in the sixties so with the twenty five pounds off it brought it down a bit and I , I paid for it with one cheque so I was n't having it on the weekly er er it worked out I think Vicki gave some of it towards it . |
| 5 | David has always , for a time , hitched his rocket on somebody who is powerful — no question about it — he 's powerful himself , but he needed an injection of ruthlessness which Ken Pitt , being a very sweet , nice man , was n't giving him at the time . |
| 6 | Like if I interviewed Johnny Thunders , it was n't to meet him for the first time , it was to try to save his career . ’ |
| 7 | All wobble and tremor , the Quake just was n't making it on the Richter Scale . |
| 8 | er my Lord it was n't , I was n't raising it for the purpose of your Lordship mentioned , er namely er er about er contingency fund , though indeed will be entitled to that , I raised a question of the minute , the board minute , to do with the concerned with Mr rest of the meeting about the placement |