Example sentences of "[was/were] n't a [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " 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 | There were n't a lot of room but you do n't care do you ? |
| 6 | Nathan nodded , and this time there was n't a glimmer of laughter in his flinty gaze . |
| 7 | ‘ Archaos ’ was n't a flop in relation to the performances they gave . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | It was n't a question of impotence . |
| 12 | But it was n't a question of age . |
| 13 | Her face flamed and she glared at him , wondering if there was n't a grain of truth in what he said . |
| 14 | She had no idea why Ana was blind , and there was n't a feature in sight . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | There was n't a broadway of course , you must remember this before I tell you see . |
| 17 | At the time I was very much in love , one of those adventures which seem of overwhelming importance at the time but , afterwards , leave one wondering if it was n't a kind of sickness . |
| 18 | There was n't a shred of self-pity there . |
| 19 | There was n't a flower in sight on the Rickards Hardy Ferns stand : |
| 20 | There was n't a flower in sight on the Rickards Hardy Ferns stand : |
| 21 | No , there had never really been anything in Mr McCloy 's behaviour to make them believe he was n't a man of integrity . |
| 22 | THERE WAS N'T A CLERK IN SIGHT . |
| 23 | Not that he was n't a marvel with machinery , a real wizard — aye , he was still that . |
| 24 | The pair have n't spoken since Allison last season told Atkinson there was n't a coach at Villa Park who knew how to kick a ball . |
| 25 | ‘ There was n't a lot of heart in our marriage , Sam . ’ |
| 26 | After that it was n't a lot of fun . |
| 27 | There was n't a lot of choice . |
| 28 | There was n't a lot of money around ; that was eight years ago . |
| 29 | This year we 've restricted it to primary , partly because we felt that 's where the enthusiasm was , and partly , if people wo n't mind me saying so , to keep out the computer science specialists — we felt that , you know , we did n't want a club for boffins or for the experts , we wanted a club and we felt that if we started at the primary end , where there was n't a lot of expertise , we would probably be of more use . |
| 30 | It was not as I had expected at all because living in the kind of commune that Mary Finnigan 's house was , there was n't a lot of time for romance . |