Example sentences of "[was/were] n't [v-ing] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're gon na go in through that door the second it goes down , they were n't loitering at the end of the passage , they were right by the door were n't they ? |
| 2 | The elephants were n't swimming in the pond , they were floating on their backs , and one of them was balancing me gently on the flat tops of its upturned feet . |
| 3 | I mean it 's only fair it 's not we 're not talking about huge wages but for Gwynedd which is a low wage area they were reasonable and they worked for them too you know but but they were n't complaining about the money so much as the principle . |
| 4 | ‘ They were n't looking for a weapon . |
| 5 | You were n't looking for the cat , you were looking |
| 6 | We were n't looking at the time . |
| 7 | Mr Spencer added : ‘ They were n't filming at the time of the incident . |
| 8 | What happened , people should have been paying in for ten years were suddenly taking out for ten years and these huge enormous sums and obviously the surplus which our members had helped to build up er and provide through the years and we 've got seventy-five year olds on you know , extremely low pensions hardly making ends meet , and there were vast sums of money being given away to the employees , that the employers took a contribution holiday and so they were n't paying into the fund either you know , and all the profits of B T as you all know were soaring and partially because of the use of the pension funds and this has greatly obviously erm upset our members and we feel very strongly about it . |
| 9 | And what 's happening is the children were n't walking from the school Street site to the Road site . |
| 10 | ‘ That 's a very touching story , but it 'll take a little more than that to convince me that you were n't heading for the exit . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I thought you were n't going to the match . ’ |
| 12 | They were n't going in the direction of the shops or the Sports Centre , he knew that . |
| 13 | But we were n't talking about the motor industry and the never-ending management-union saga . |
| 14 | They were n't coming in the end . |
| 15 | I was n't writing about the situation editorially , it 's not my part . ’ |
| 16 | Now that Pearce had openly stated that the evidence had been planted , he was n't reacting in the way that he 'd ever have guessed . |
| 17 | ‘ Anyway ah was n't lookin' at the corpse , ah was watching TV . |
| 18 | ‘ I was n't thinking of a bank , Folly . |
| 19 | No she was n't laying on the floor when she had this on , took it off when she sat down |
| 20 | ‘ And I was n't kidding about the market . |
| 21 | ’ I was n't looking at the driver , ’ I said . |
| 22 | Miss Harker was n't looking at the board . |
| 23 | I was n't looking for a job because I had n't finished my training , but er a friend of mine has h her father is a G P in Loughton , and he erm was at a meeting with the senior partner of my practice , and they said do you know of anybody who 's interested in a partnership ? |
| 24 | When I said it would be a waste of time , I was n't referring to the state of your jeep . ’ |
| 25 | But of course Faye was n't referring to the colour on her face . |
| 26 | She quite obviously was n't listening to a word of it . |
| 27 | On the other hand erm if you 're looking at , obviously sometimes our members felt that there was a benefit , at least the employer was n't getting , was n't getting off the hook as far as the matter was concerned , the matter arising was concerned , and therefore he was left with a problem just the same as we were . |
| 28 | ‘ The situation with M'tronix went on till ‘ 87 , but I realised around ‘ 86 that I was n't getting to the public with my own stuff ; all I was doing was perpetuating Fender and Marshall 's reputations , because their amps formed the bulk of our work . |
| 29 | Kylie was also far from happy that she was n't benefiting from the video . |
| 30 | He was like as close as that and he was really staring and he was n't staring at the road cos as I went on a few feet he stared at the car again . |