Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [be] not [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | At last he recalled it was not in the Nightingale Gallery but in the one running to the left . |
2 | Labour supporters in Bristol had considered canvassing known overseas voters but decided it was not worth the expense . |
3 | ‘ We thought she was n't worth the bother of watching . ’ |
4 | She knew he was n't in the head , because she had gone in herself to wash her face and hands and rake a comb through her wildly disordered hair . |
5 | Thus , unless otherwise agreed it is not for the seller to convey the goods to the buyer but for the latter to collect them . |
6 | well your mum said to me well I 'll tell you the same as I 've told Con but I said I 'm not against the children or anything the children |
7 | She went to the staff room , they said she was n't in the staff room , but then she left |
8 | Said they 're not like the old ones that go like as though they 're welded |
9 | But Lakeside resident Ron Howe said they were not against the traffic calming proposals for Skerne Park . |