Example sentences of "i [was/were] n't [prep] the [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 | 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 |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Well I was n't at the time . |
| 6 | ’ Now he wanted to know why I was n't at the point . |
| 7 | I was n't at the conference , what a pity . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 … |
| 10 | I was confident I was n't over the limit . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ As I said , I was n't in the mood to listen to details . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | It 's lucky I was n't in the water then floating , cos that would 've been dangerous with that boat going past . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | I was n't in the sort of job where you could do that , so I lost it . |
| 20 | I 'm just one of the Star Councillors , but I was n't in the Star Room when you showed them the animal . |
| 21 | ‘ But I 'd just seen you talking to Phena , who told you I was n't in the study , ’ he said softly . |
| 22 | After I had finally collected my British passport from Petty France , I bought an Evening Standard and found that I was n't in the team . |
| 23 | ‘ Why did n't you tell me in Brighton when we met that I was n't in the team ? |
| 24 | ‘ Just because I was n't in the team that day did n't mean I felt any less embarrassed by the result . |
| 25 | He had already told me on the Friday at the training session , and in front of about 20 of the lads , that I was n't in the team . |
| 26 | ( I have to say I was n't in the room with him thought I was working at the Daily Mail at the time . ) |