Example sentences of "[was/were] n't [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Ah , but these were n't — I mean , they were n't properly in the Prince 's harem . ’ |
| 2 | The golden boys , those who never give the bad news , who make sure that when the plant breaks down they are not available to inform anybody , and have made absolutely certain they were n't around during the run-up to such a disaster , are rewarded . |
| 3 | So what we would have been I mean it were n't just at the bottom of the street . |
| 4 | ‘ You mean you were n't here in the office block ? ’ |
| 5 | These are comments about young people which were spoken with a tenor of near hatred at a meeting of a council committee when young people were n't even on the agenda . |
| 6 | And suppose I did get through all they 'd say is it 's nothing to do with them they were n't even in the Company at that time — and how many of them were ? ’ |
| 7 | Poor old Fabian and Spilsbury were n't even in the running where Caitlin was concerned . |
| 8 | ‘ They were n't even around the kitchen . ’ |
| 9 | They certainly were n't anywhere on the Moon , or anywhere else I 've ever heard of , before or since . |
| 10 | That doll — that knitted gobshite — when that thing spat at you , you were n't anywhere near the window , you were over by the statues , on the other the of the room . |
| 11 | And I , we were n't anywhere near the corner ! |
| 12 | ‘ We were n't anywhere near the island ! ’ |
| 13 | " You were n't always in a gym tunic . |
| 14 | We were n't still in the push-bike and whistle era down here but neither did we have whiz kids from the crime squad on our doorstep to tell us what to do and how to do it . |
| 15 | Maybe some were n't in at the share-out . ’ |
| 16 | There was an agitated rumble from the two committee men , who were n't entirely in the picture . |
| 17 | Erm and therefore the , the , the peasant was n't yet in a position where , my God this is not another land ran land reform |
| 18 | I mean , would n't know , I would n't know , I was n't here at the time . |
| 19 | But I 'm awfully glad I was n't around for the city 's arrival . |
| 20 | ‘ Her niceness was n't just on the surface . |
| 21 | You go through all sorts of situations and circumstances but there is a peace and an equilibrium it was n't just on the surface , it was right to the very depths of his being the whole being . |
| 22 | It was n't just on the day of pentecost . |
| 23 | So he shook off the ghosts and walked on , his footsteps muffled by the fog , shivering from a chill that was n't just in the air , until the nearest mouth engulfed him . |
| 24 | When I saw this happening I began to watch more closely , and I saw that some nights even when she was n't up on the stage Madame had her eye on these two and would often look from one to the other and then back again . |
| 25 | But Mike was forced to sell out when the angel was n't up to the job . |
| 26 | Only twice has a piece of work been unusable , in which case , he says , ‘ it 's my mistake in choosing an artist who was n't up to the commission , so I pay for it anyway and just do n't use it ’ . |
| 27 | What if I was n't up to the task ? |
| 28 | I was n't even on the board till later . |
| 29 | But there were quite a few grumblings that Rocky was n't even on the bench . |
| 30 | He judged by the Bentley in the Angel 's courtyard , the Margaux that was n't even on the wine list and the deference verging on sycophancy that the headwaiter showed towards Bill Coleby . |