Example sentences of "[was/were] n't there [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was n't there at the time and I 'm damned if they 're going to top me for your brothers . |
| 2 | But I was n't there at the time . |
| 3 | Although I was n't there at the time , just mention it to those who were and watch their colour change to grey ! |
| 4 | oh no , it was n't there at the time of the Telegraph article was it ? |
| 5 | Oh I was n't there at the time was I ? |
| 6 | I was disappointed that my mother was n't there for the birth , but I was n't totally devastated . |
| 7 | Of course drugs is , is one of the wonderful examples that the very thing that Katherine was talking about , something that was n't there in the beginning and that has been produced by modern technology and is now a big problem , but is not a problem to Australian Aborigines because they do n't have any drugs er to speak of , of course now they do and alcohol is a terrible problem with Australian Aborigines I talked to David McKnight about it . |
| 8 | Perhaps he 's used to having one meal he was n't there in the day time |
| 9 | Did n't hear her , and she was n't there in the morning , no sign of her bed being slept in . |
| 10 | The train could n't stop in time and he was n't there by the time we had reversed . |
| 11 | The train could n't stop in time and he was n't there by the time we had reversed . |
| 12 | A robotic dispenser arm was whirring nervously and jabbing into Bernice 's neck as it tried to locate an item that was n't there from a shelf that had been removed . |