Example sentences of "[was/were] [not/n't] [verb] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Provided that the grant of a new licence under this Act shall not be liable to objection on the ground that the members of the licensing board , or any of them , were not qualified to grant a licence . |
| 2 | Was not that change in turn due to a realisation by the Soviet Government that the Governments of western countries , particularly the British Government , were not going to adopt a policy of one-sided nuclear disarmament , despite the urgings of Opposition Members ? |
| 3 | Mrs Cutforth had been the wife of one of their most devout followers and they were not going to approve a marriage to this worldlywise womaniser and scoundrel , however financially well endowed he might be . |
| 4 | They kept their basic freedom but were not allowed to own a car , a camera or any large-scale maps , and were forbidden to travel more than five miles from home . |
| 5 | The only major variation in training was during the first ten days before a new season , when players were not allowed to kick a ball . |
| 6 | We brought books to Brownies which we read for an hour and we were not allowed to say a word . |
| 7 | One of the one of the difficulties is that that that theatres up and down the country have faced over the last two years of the new target that were brought in with the eighty eight education act where schools were not allowed to make a charge it could only be a voluntary contribution now the council of Great Britain have looked at this it 's a problem cos of this decimated schools audiences . |
| 8 | As we were still undergoing our basic training , we were not allowed to have a bar and nor would we be allowed to make a tour of the rest of the bars in the regiment , a ruling which Mike , Marius and myself were determined to do something about . |
| 9 | His voice was surly , but suddenly he twisted round to face me and took off the headphones , and I thought he was going to apologise for his rudeness of the previous night , but instead he demanded to know if it was true that we were out in the open ocean and were not planning to make a landfall for some days . |
| 10 | We had that well she 's claiming for loss of earnings , think she 's broke a leg , we do n't know were n't allowed to take a photo bike she had a brand new . |
| 11 | you were really kicking your heels and erm quite apart from which in the winter time the er conditions were pretty grim because they had the erm anti-splinter netting over the windows and erm big blinds which had to be drawn as soon as it was dusk because er , of course you were n't allowed to show a light and erm if that was it became really thick |
| 12 | You were n't allowed to have a hearse , you had to carry them to the church , and er er we used to b bury them by lamp light . |
| 13 | We were n't allowed to have a we were n't allowed to have a cup of tea in break time no but er we were all on edge you know for fear , if he kicked it it would have scalded his foot and he were , he were only a few inches away from it , and of course he went now what we used to say now nosing around and we should n't have done he had a job to get round because he was |
| 14 | But no we were n't expected to do a lot in the house . |
| 15 | ARDS may have lost the Irish Soccer Cup final to Bangor this season , but their swim minnows made sure Bangor were n't going to do a double at the Grove Pool last weekend . |
| 16 | Initially I wanted to be in Kabul should there be an offensive , then reality began setting in and I could see that they were n't going to take a village , let alone a capital . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Harry he was not expecting to meet a superman like you . |
| 18 | A new Cabinet of " national unity " had been named in advance of Gaviria 's inauguration , although he emphasised that he was not seeking to form a coalition government . |
| 19 | Maurice was not born to make a profit , but then , was not born to resent this , or anything else . |
| 20 | The laird of Stracathro , from the urgency of his correspondence , was clearly in terror that the land in question might be granted to another , for he was not attempting to secure a gift of the land but offering to pay full market value for it . |
| 21 | She was not permitted to call a solicitor , or minister of the church , or even a friend . |
| 22 | ‘ If you believe otherwise you 're lying to yourself , ’ he said of his contention that a white person was not equipped to make a film about black people and he refuted accusations of misogynism in his movie by dismissing the very concept , stating ‘ misogynism is not a black term . |
| 23 | He said Mr Say was not considered to pose a threat to anyone other than himself . |
| 24 | Rohmer was not going to turn a gun on him again , and he was not going to allow this to happen . |
| 25 | Charles was not going to offer a cue for another derogatory observation , so he only picked up his glass and finished his drink . |
| 26 | He was not going to get a bike because he would n't be able to reach the pedals , but I would n't have said anything even if I could have , because nobody expects people to tell the truth to women and , besides , that 's what friends are for , as they say . |
| 27 | She was not going to have a fight with him . |
| 28 | His term of detention was decided by police and government authorities and he was not allowed to present a defence or to be represented by a lawyer . |
| 29 | For instance , when I first started writing , and had completed my first novels , I was not allowed to sign a contract for it . |
| 30 | Warren Beatty is reported to have called Altman to ask why he was n't asked to take a role . |