Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [pers pn] was [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 John Coffin did not know he was on the wrong side yet , not having so far met Rose Hilaire , but he too realized that there might be a fight ahead .
2 He asked instead why Hunter-Blair had not said he was at the Post on the day of the murder and why he had troubled to ask Linley to keep his presence secret .
3 Harbison , of Horkesley Road , Colchester , said he had not known he was over the limit , and would not have driven if he had .
4 In life , we make a decision — or a decision makes us — and we go one way ; had we made a different decision ( as I once told my wife ; though I do n't think she was in a condition to appreciate my wisdom ) , we would have been elsewhere .
5 I do n't think I was on the same wavelength as the Prime Minister almost from the start , although I did work for her beforehand and try to pull together some of the policies .
6 I do n't know whether David would agree , but my experience as a teacher was that I certainly encountered , I realize now , in my teaching career , children with dyslexia and yet no-one had told me , in my training , anything about this condition and I do n't think I was in a position until later , in a sense , to recognise that I had seen children with this difficulty .
7 I do n't think he was in the best of moods when he , we got to him .
8 Just thought I 'd told you for cos from the erm , title i , you would n't think it was about the navy .
9 I do not think that a single critic noticed that it was any different from the customary ‘ rum-te-tum ’ , but if one of them did he evidently did n't think it was worth a comment .
10 There never was any threat from them to Barbara — they did n't know she was at the flat because she was in her room when they burst in .
11 The precaution probably was n't necessary , but on the off-chance that more thugs from INCUBUS came sniffing round , they would n't know he was in the area .
12 I did n't know it was on the , it was on the T V today , said it was very good .
13 She did n't realize it was in the blood and not on the skin ; she did n't see there could be nothing more suburban than suburbanites repudiating themselves .
14 ‘ I knew you 'd had a son , but I did n't realise he was in the house , ’ Vitor said .
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16 ‘ You need n't say I was in the closet with you in that tone of voice , ’ she hissed at him .
17 He came to the door , said he was standing as a candidate , but did n't say he was from the BNP .
18 William Langley said : ‘ He certainly did n't say he was from the British National Party and there is no way I would have signed the form if I had known . ’
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