Example sentences of "he [was/were] n't [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was n't on the piano in this intermission because in the next act they were using the orchestra pit as part of the scenery . |
| 2 | Which means that whoever the seventeenth victim was , he was n't on the Project . ’ |
| 3 | If he felt resentment that the Yaxlee family network had failed him , he was n't of a nature to allow this to embitter him unduly . |
| 4 | He was a New York photographer , and he was n't into the idea . |
| 5 | He was n't at the house , but the housekeeper was . |
| 6 | did n't know what had been happening because he was n't at the meeting . |
| 7 | I 'm glad he was n't at the dress-run last night when , in my most imperious Dame Edith voice , I commanded , ‘ Send for Hedward the Hugly ! ’ and Edward the Ugly fell off the stage laughing . |
| 8 | Erm I 'm amazed now when I see him on television as to how big he is , because he was n't as a youngster , and he was fragile and er we ribbed him because , in those days , you had an attache case for a school bag , and your initials were put on it . |
| 9 | He was n't like the gibbon . |
| 10 | We were a little disappointed — or at least I was — with David because he was n't in a dress and he was n't nearly as crazy as we thought he would be , but nevertheless , we liked his music a lot and he introduced us from the audience and Cherry Vanilla stood up and popped out a tit for the other 20 people , and David said that we were doing Pork . |
| 11 | Yes but my Lord d dealing also with the suggestion by the defendants that it would have been improper to advise him to serve completion notice when he was n't in a position to complete and the solicitor deals with the the expert deals also with that position as to what is the practice of a solicitor in that situation if there 's a potential er problem for that particular solicitor to what the advice should be as to how the client should deal with the that . |
| 12 | being of course , is first of all find your home and while he was n't in a home he was driving the neighbours mad because he 's beginning to get confused and wander about and maintain that he has n't had his dinner when two people have already taken him in lunch , you know and the other problem is erm er er having found him a very nice home , he did n't want to go ! |
| 13 | But he was n't in a hurry and put the property on the shelf for a while . |
| 14 | I offered him a lift and he said he was n't in a hurry . ’ |
| 15 | That 's why he was n't in the pub then on Sunday . |
| 16 | I badly wanted to know his opinion on the Anwar business , but obviously he was n't in the mood for it now . |
| 17 | He was n't in the mood to hear of such things . |
| 18 | But he was n't in the mood for jokes . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | He was n't in the sitting-room , so , interested in the house in spite of herself , she started to explore , his absence giving her the perfect right to do so . |
| 21 | He could n't be seen in his dressing-room ; he could n't be found anywhere on the set ; he was n't in the canteen . |
| 22 | What we do know is that two or three groups are involved and the sale could well turn into an auction … there 's local and national interest and at least one very well known figure is in the market to buy … speculation has named Virgin boss Richard Branson again … but his office said this afternoon he was n't in the running … |
| 23 | He was n't in the garden or in the house . |
| 24 | You see , one of the reasons I mentioned his name last night was that he was n't in the room when I came back — the boardroom , you know , where the party was being held . |
| 25 | The visitor was wearing a suit , but you could tell he was n't in the City as it was single-breasted . |
| 26 | He was n't in the living room . |