Example sentences of "that [was/were] [not/n't] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Compagnie des Machines Bull SA had been looking to 1992 as a year of recovery , but that was not quite the way things turned out , and after provisions , the French state-owned company saw even worse figures than in 1991 , losses equivalent to $847m at the current $0.18 rate of exchange compared with $595m a year ago . |
| 2 | He returned and told Allah the curious story , and Allah replied : " That was not really the idol speaking my word , that was me ! " |
| 3 | Chairman , I , I , I , I object to that , because I think that that was n't either the tone of my question or or the implication of my question . |
| 4 | They were at that stage of going out that was n't yet a Relationship . |
| 5 | I popped in not long before Christmas , popped in carol singing but that was n't really a visit to say |
| 6 | That was n't really the issue I was making . |
| 7 | But that was n't really the reason . |
| 8 | But I suppose that was n't really the point . |
| 9 | But that was n't usually the case . |