Example sentences of "[was/were] [not/n't] [verb] at [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I pulled my skirt up a little but he said he 'd have to see higher than that to make sure my legs were n't bowed at the knees so I did as I was told . |
| 2 | It was brought by the customers when required for use rather than all at once so that large-scale storage was not needed at the mills . |
| 3 | Now the time had come for Mrs Wright to be churched and the baby christened ; every member of the garrison who was not occupied at the ramparts had assembled in the rubble-strewn yard of the Residency to hear the service , for it was no longer safe to hold a service in the ruined Church . |
| 4 | Confounded by this reply , Oscar looked across at the other man to see that he was n't looking at the stars at all , but was still busying himself with the body . |
| 5 | Make sure the wind or the frost was n't getting at the roots . |