Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] n't [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I 'd be much happier knowing you and I were n't at the beck and call of such a man . ’ |
2 | He screamed some incoherent threat , and I honestly looked round to check that I was n't on a film set . |
3 | tonight and then I 'm on me raffle next week , but after next , I mean I can stop in the next , I mean I was , I 've never been out since a week on Tuesday cos I was n't on the raffle Friday |
4 | I was n't on the hill that evening but Mrs Goreng sent me to one of the big communal TVs they had set up on poles in the Praça . |
5 | ‘ I told you , I was n't at a party . |
6 | They they 've looked at erm housing and er industrial development , er I was n't at the discussion yesterday , but clearly they 've put a significant effort into deciding what the appropriate level of new industrial development is . |
7 | Well I was n't at the time . |
8 | ’ Now he wanted to know why I was n't at the point . |
9 | I was n't at the conference , what a pity . |
10 | It was terrible , I 'd always been independent , or when I was n't for a while I got my own social security money . |
11 | But I was n't of the seniority to be one of the inner group of ministers which all prime ministers tend to work most closely with . |
12 | Before then , yes , we must of bought it when we moved in cos I , I mean I was n't without a bed |
13 | I was n't with the Company any more and Arnie did n't have much in the way of friends left in DC so … |
14 | I was confident I was n't over the limit . |
15 | I knew what I was doing ; I was thoroughly prepared ; but that did n't mean that when the day came I was n't in a state of nervous collapse . |
16 | Since I was n't in a position to return the Parsons ' hospitality , I felt an obligation to provide conversational value for money , so I embarked on a series of anecdotes about my time abroad , some true , all exaggerated , a few plain invention . |
17 | I found myself in the ludicrous position of having to judge music I was n't in a position to judge . |
18 | I found myself in the ludicrous position of having to judge music I was n't in a position to judge |
19 | I was n't in a temper , I just pretended . |
20 | Then I was n't in a theatre any more , I was … |
21 | I 've had a couple of nice chats with the people at GMTV , but I told them I was n't in a hurry to decide what I would do next and frankly I do n't envy the people who are going straight on to another show . ’ |
22 | Smiles from that quarter are not so plentiful that I can afford to disregard them , but I was n't in the mood to appreciate one right at that moment . |
23 | ‘ As I said , I was n't in the mood to listen to details . ’ |
24 | I did n't try to make them fall for me , because at that time I was n't in the mood for that sort of thing . ’ |
25 | I could always get Fenella or somebody to answer the phone and I was n't in the phone book , so I figured that if I chickened out , I could block her . |
26 | I must of been on holiday or something , cos tha , that 's the only reason I would n't of gone , if I , if I was n't in the country . |
27 | When I was n't in the park , I was cataloguing the host of visitors to the weeping willow tree on our front lawn — just about everything that would sit in a tree came there , mostly blackbirds , sparrows and pigeons , but the ducks loved the shelter of the drooping branches . |
28 | It 's lucky I was n't in the water then floating , cos that would 've been dangerous with that boat going past . |
29 | Yes , as you say , I was n't in the Cabinet so I ca n't really speak with any authority at all about how he conducted affairs there . |
30 | I was n't in the sort of job where you could do that , so I lost it . |