Example sentences of "[was/were] n't [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet her first impressions of the Obersturmfuhrer were n't of a brutal man . |
| 2 | ‘ You and I are also required to put in an appearance at the police station later , but I managed to persuade them you were n't in a fit state to answer questions right now . ’ |
| 3 | Eileen was n't above a tidy touch of manipulation herself when it suited . |
| 4 | If he could say that , for all his suffering , he was n't in a dying frame of mind . |
| 5 | She was n't in a fit state to be on her own . |
| 6 | That she was n't in a powerless position . |
| 7 | The barman , sensing Whitlock was n't in a talkative mood , left him alone . |
| 8 | The hedge was moving past quite gently , as if it was n't in a particular hurry to get anywhere , but the surface of the lane already had a blurred look . |