Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] n't [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His mind was n't on the game at all : it was on balance sheets and interest rates and VAT and cash flow and overdraft facilities . |
| 2 | At some point during all this nonsense Meehan stormed out of the court , shouting that his free pardon was n't worth the paper it was printed on . |
| 3 | In the same vein of concentrated analysis ( and again , with rather an insufficiency of music examples ) Oliver Neighbour considers the authorship of certain anonymous keyboard pieces , most particularly a transcription of Byrd 's ‘ O quam gloriosum est regnum ’ Its procedures demonstrate the activity of a master hand ( not inconceivably Byrd 's own ) even if only to satisfy himself that the exercise was n't worth the candle . |
| 4 | ‘ I bet his telephone was n't off the hook at all . |
| 5 | Team Leader was n't in a discussion mood . |
| 6 | The pad was n't beside the phone in the hall . |
| 7 | The ref said the first time the ball was n't on the spot properly so the kick had to be retaken . |
| 8 | Future excuses could be ‘ our name was n't on the cup ’ ‘ we had possession but we could n't convert ’ or ‘ the ball would n't go in the net ’ . |
| 9 | Well that fail sign was n't on the caravan when we was doing that axle underneath . |
| 10 | I said well when I was here last that sign was n't on the thing then ! |
| 11 | Apart from Perdita , the Rutshire team for the Jack Gannon Cup consisted of Justin and Patrick Lombard , farmer 's sons who 'd spent their lives in the saddle and who made up for lack of finesse with dogged determination , and David Waterlane 's son , Mike , now nearly twenty-one , who played like an angel when his father was n't on the sideline bellowing at him . |
| 12 | As their appointment was n't until the afternoon , Sukey Benedict asked them to lunch beforehand . |
| 13 | No the woman was n't in the shop you see and young girl another girl in there Julie and that and she was running on to Pam . |
| 14 | ‘ But my daughter was n't in the car . ’ |
| 15 | The song was n't in the ground , it was inside her head , growing louder , taking up more precious space in her sundered mind . |
| 16 | With his visibility problems aggravated by the scar tissue around his eyes , he could n't see ; he thought it was just stupid to race under these conditions ; the world championship was n't worth the risk involved . |
| 17 | Well done , that was absolutely first rate , I mean erm , it was a difficult er , task you had , especially as the book was n't in the library , of which I am deeply apologetic , because I thought it was , and er , I thought you er , you coped with a very difficult assignment extremely well , and I think you can have an extra and I 'm sure everyone else thinks so too . |
| 18 | Dad was n't in the business and I think she used to miss it . ’ |
| 19 | Carradine was n't on the floor , alive or dead . |
| 20 | Er well only two er and Skerrymor but I was er three year because it was called a rock station or a relieving station was a big island the island of Rhona seven miles long when the sea was n't near the tower at all but er and Skerrymor the sea was battering round the towers all the time . |
| 21 | That part was n't in the dream . ’ |
| 22 | Efficient as it undoubtedly was , the incinerator loo was n't for the workforce who feared the menace it posed to their privates . |
| 23 | She did n't bother tapping on the door but pushed it open and straightaway saw that her sister was n't in the room . |
| 24 | Marcus and the redhead were n't in the room with the cloth on the table but they had been . |
| 25 | If she put an ashtray in the wrong place , she 'd get beaten up ; if she never put his paper in the right place , she 'd get beaten up ; if he came in from work and his dinner was n't on the table , she 'd get beaten up . |
| 26 | But since we got the national agreement in nineteen forty seven the same interest was n't in the trade union movement . |