Example sentences of "were not [verb] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The colleges have always taken the view that accreditation was not a prerequisite for appointment ; a recent survey revealed that approximately one third of physicians were not accredited at the time of their appointment .
2 In pursuing their administrative and legislative strategies , the Reaganites were not fiddling at the margin or tinkering with the status quo .
3 However , since those changes were not finalised at the date of going to press and further revisions are possible in the light of comments it is not appropriate to review them here .
4 In a statement tonight , the Hunt said the hounds were not hunting at the time of incident and were not out of control .
5 Similarly , mental hospitals were not built at the suggestion of psychiatrists , and psychiatrists have not been responsible as a profession for their run-down and closure .
6 The effect of the Acts ‘ was to remove legal immunity from almost all forms of industrial action that were not aimed at the worker 's immediate employer or related conditions of work ’ .
7 Courtney 's accident happened on the very first lap when he was in the lead at Mather 's Cross between Coleraine and Portrush and he was taken to hospital although his injuries were not known at the course .
8 Details of the materials in the chapel were not known at the time the official report into the £60 million blaze was put together .
9 They 're gon na go in through that door the second it goes down , they were n't loitering at the end of the passage , they were right by the door were n't they ?
10 It was decided that perhaps they had outlived their use and they were n't served at the reception .
11 We were n't looking at the time .
12 Mr Spencer added : ‘ They were n't filming at the time of the incident .
13 Actually we were n't married at the time , so we had to get married straight away and find some money to buy a house and so on , and Daddy had to give up acting and find a real job , one that brought in a regular income .
14 You were n't expected at the tennis courts at all , were you ? ’
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