Example sentences of "[was/were] n't [art] [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well somebody had cleaned all sink cos sink were there were n't a mark on sink when I went today . |
| 2 | Buckingham Palace were n't a lot of help in the matter yesterday . |
| 3 | Were n't a lot of choice was there ? |
| 4 | There were n't a lot of bleach in it . |
| 5 | But the average pay was still below the police plus there was job security — there were n't a lot of jobs paying pensions then . |
| 6 | There were n't a lot of room but you do n't care do you ? |
| 7 | In fact , all the shows that played there were amazing although we did two or three shows in America where there were n't a lot of people . |
| 8 | ‘ I respected you and I knew you were n't the kind of girl who slept around . |
| 9 | I knew you were n't the kind of woman I could conveniently disregard , as I 'd disregarded Celeste , and I certainly did n't want to become entangled with my team-mate 's girlfriend — ’ |
| 10 | They were n't the kind of people who could get themselves together and organized , it was a more and more the bottom end of the scale and people who were actually erm you know , really powerless in many ways . |
| 11 | A High Court judge has ruled that her injuries were n't the result of negligence . |
| 12 | Briefly , she wondered if this were n't the sort of thing the Doctor was after , but decided to continue searching . |
| 13 | ‘ They were n't the sort of terrorists who demanded dollars , gold or murder . |
| 14 | ‘ You deserve it , but I was afraid they were n't the sort of people to make wills and the house would go to the Crown or whatever they do in these cases . ’ |
| 15 | Nathan nodded , and this time there was n't a glimmer of laughter in his flinty gaze . |
| 16 | ‘ Archaos ’ was n't a flop in relation to the performances they gave . |
| 17 | Sex was n't a problem in Sarah and Tom 's marriage — they just wanted confirmation that it was OK to do without it . |
| 18 | There was n't a tree in sight , but nearer the cliff edge she could make out carpets of thrift and sea-campion , and yearned to explore . |
| 19 | That was n't a bundle of laughs . ’ |
| 20 | That was n't a bundle of laughs . ’ |
| 21 | But he was n't a friend of Hilary 's , not so far as I know . ’ |
| 22 | Redpath had acted at once on the very slenderest of chances — apart from the date , and the fact that Stavanger was missing , there was n't a scrap of evidence to link him with the body found on the Thames foreshore at low tide . |
| 23 | ‘ There was n't a ha'porth of prejudice in him — except that the Welsh were marvellous and especially the Welsh-speaking Welsh and most particularly those from Pontrhydyfen and most of all the Jenkins family . |
| 24 | It was n't a question of impotence . |
| 25 | But it was n't a question of age . |
| 26 | Her face flamed and she glared at him , wondering if there was n't a grain of truth in what he said . |
| 27 | That was n't a feature of funerals in Baldersdale and our family never had flowers , not even for Mother . |
| 28 | She had no idea why Ana was blind , and there was n't a feature in sight . |
| 29 | I 'd listened to my father when he told me how to act with the top players , and there was n't a blade of grass I did n't know at St Andrews . |
| 30 | There was n't a broadway of course , you must remember this before I tell you see . |