Example sentences of "it was not [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh nineteen sixties we , we introduced that with the blessing of the ambulance people as well , it was n't done without careful consideration , because erm we did n't want people to , to just erm introduce it without knowing what we were doing and ever since we used it it 's been a great blessing . |
| 2 | It was n't acknowledged like that , because , like many ‘ non-disabled people ’ , they were held in check by drugging ; this is how the bronchitis , depression , arthritis and so on were ‘ dealt with ’ . |
| 3 | And it was n't earmarked for any specific items ? |
| 4 | ‘ It was n't Mossycop after all , ’ Phil Jordan went on to tell Coffin . |
| 5 | But it was n't love at first sight … |
| 6 | It was n't love at first sight when I met Michael [ Williams ] — it was good friends at first sight , though , for nine years . |
| 7 | It was n't love at first sight for Monica . |
| 8 | Erm , as I say , it was n't taken in any way to circumvent your discussion on the project , it was very much one to ensure that we did n't lose the offered grant . |
| 9 | It was n't counted in last week 's at all . |
| 10 | Although there was a Jacobite rebellion in the summer of 1689 , led by John Graham of Claverhouse , Viscount Dundee , and supported by some of the Highland clans , it was not joined by any of the major regional magnates . |
| 11 | The museum staff knew the name of Damiani , although it was not recalled with much enthusiasm . |
| 12 | If the relationship between recall and other measures is entirely mediated by characteristics of the different junctions we would expect to find that within an individual junction there would be no consistent differences between those occasions when it was recalled and those when it was not recalled on any of the other variables . |
| 13 | It was not filled with crusty old men and women poring over the paintings ; the whole building had a bright and open atmosphere , instead of the sullen brooding one she 'd expected . |
| 14 | This attitude contributed to serious misjudgements in the immediate post-war period because it was not counteracted by radical institutional change as a result of the war . |
| 15 | The defendants denied liability and , in particular , that they were liable to pay any part of the additional £10,300 because their agreement to pay it was not supported by any consideration . |
| 16 | The song , properly known as the ‘ Song of the Western Men ’ , was not sung on the road : it was not written until two centuries later , by the eccentric Parson Hawker of Morwenstow , ( in the intervals between scaring his parishioners by dressing as a mermaid and singing on the seashore ) . |
| 17 | It was not undertaken in 11 of those who had been subject to suffocation , five referred before the po 2 monitor was available , four patients >1 year with infrequent events , two for whom social problems resulted in a prolonged hospital stay , and one who died before admission . |
| 18 | But the Congress in its present form dates back to Mikhail Gorbachev 's ; it was not elected by general suffrage , but ( on behalf of the whole of what was still the Soviet Union ) partly elected on a local basis and partly nominated by special interest groups . |
| 19 | The pharmacist saw it as a breakthrough and it was not done for personal profit , said the lawyer . |
| 20 | Although the TOM was opened in 1978 it was not tested until 1986 when Gemmill and Dickens used the Black and Scholes model to test for mispricing . |
| 21 | After various numbers of trials the dog had its salivation measured after it had heard the sound , even though it was not fed on that occasion . |
| 22 | They have , of course , heard about the Holy Spirit , but have either put it all down to typical ecclesiastical in-talk , or assumed that it was not intended for ordinary folk like themselves . |
| 23 | Halfway through 1979 the Ashleys finally moved into the main part of the château ; it was not completed for another two years and was to prove a far more major project than anyone had realized . |
| 24 | Begun by Ivan the Terrible in 1554 , designed by two Russian architects Postnik and Barma , it was not completed until 1679 . |
| 25 | But a new note has surfaced , a note which points out that while philosophical scepticism may have nourished and stimulated the mind of Greeks trained in civic religious observances , it was not nourishing to modern minds trained on nothing at all . |
| 26 | It was not substantiated by any evidence and William Thompson was only fifteen years old in 1695 . |
| 27 | Although planned earlier , it was not built until 1844 by which time the Farmer 's Bridge to Salford Junction section of the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal was hopelessly congested with 24 hour/day , 7 day/week working . |
| 28 | Similarly it was not hydrolysed by mucosal homogenates from the small intestine of the rat . |
| 29 | What we know about the Ukrainian Division is that it was not retained by 5 Corps in Austria , and that by the end of May it had turned up in Italy . |
| 30 | Indeed , it was not repudiated until 1987 , when , under pressure from the Serbian Party , the Presidency of the Provincial Committee of the League of Communists of Kosovo issued a statement ‘ invalidating ’ the Bujan Conference ( Politika , 20 June 1987 ) . |