Example sentences of "[was/were] not [verb] [verb] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As children , we were not allowed to go there because of the risk of attack from a tiger or leopard , but sometimes , I would follow a group of hunters to trap sambar , muntjac or wild boar . |
| 2 | Five shillings was n't it that you could , no meals allowed if you ate out , you were n't allowed to spend more than five shillings . |
| 3 | When the The Raddings prefabs were put up in nineteen forty-six they really were n't meant to last more than ten years . |
| 4 | We were n't going to come across as being obstructionists . ’ |
| 5 | He was not allowed to do so until just before they returned home , and too late for Passover . |
| 6 | However , in general , he was not allowed to go there since his presence excited all of the large apes housed there and interfered with any research that might have been going on . |
| 7 | As long as the communists held power , he was not allowed to employ more than 12 people . |
| 8 | But he was alert and sparkling , his motor well and truly turned on by the presence of Catherine Crane , and he probably was n't going to go home till he , or Catherine , dropped in their tracks . |