Example sentences of "was [not/n't] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I think it dawned on him then for the first time that there were two streams , and that the pond was not formed by Burden Creek .
2 For experimental subjects tested after retention intervals ranging from 2 hours to 1 month memory was surprisingly accurate and was not affected by retention interval unless other parking episodes were iterpolated .
3 It was not intended as music fur dancing .
4 Platelet activating factor was not detected under pentagastrin infusion in any 15 minute sample or in hourly pooled gastric juice ; thus , compared with the basal situation , its secretion decreased in four subjects ( Fig 2 ) .
5 As platelet activating factor was not detected under pentagastrin infusion , two hypotheses should be discussed concerning the effect of pentagastrin on gastric platelet activating factor synthesis .
6 Platelet activating factor was not detected during pentagastrin infusion , while lyso platelet activating factor and alkyl-acyl-glycerophosphocholine were detected in 13 and in 12 subjects , respectively .
7 Mr. Speaker : I will allow one more point of order , as the Hon. Member was not called during Question Time .
8 I was not called at Question Time , nor did I stand to ask a question .
9 This was not calculated for sleep position and breast feeding because of the similar exposure distribution of these two variables among Maori children and their controls ( table IV ) .
10 In contrast with hepatic bile , a significant difference in the total lipid concentration was not seen in gall bladder bile and the total lipid concentration did not correlate with the nucleation time of gall bladder bile .
11 Tissue type plasminogen activator in stomach carcinomas , however , showed a significant reduction in activity compared with normal stomach tissue , which was not seen in tissue type plasminogen activator antigen concentrations .
12 She was not writing of slum life so as to shock the reader , or even indulging in nostalgia so as to entertain .
13 Checks have been made that this bone was not missed during laboratory processing of the pellet samples , and there is little chance of bones being detached from pellets before collection because of the compact nature of barn owl pellets .
14 When she was not engaged in company work , she was overseeing the redesigning and restocking of the gardens , which she loved , and , of course , planning the decoration of the house .
15 In effect , this was merely an attempt to generalise the agreement reached in Bedfordshire in 1930 , although the criterion adopted then was not based on population size of centres but on local government boundaries , a much more advantageous position for the District , than the 1938 proposal .
16 Yet the inspiration for a distinguished county career was not provided in Oak Leaf territory but from a rather ‘ alien ’ source .
17 NORTHALLERTON : Consultants may be employed to push through the town 's urgently needed bypass after campaigners voiced disappointment that the scheme was not included in county council spending estimates for at least six years .
18 NORTHALLERTON : Consultants may be employed to push through the town 's urgently needed bypass after campaigners voiced disappointment that the scheme was not included in county council spending estimates for at least six years .
19 We found , however , that the pronounced fibrosis was not accompanied by fibroblast infiltration .
20 The existence of L Detachment at Jalo was not mentioned in radio traffic , just in case somebody decided to order them back to Kabrit .
21 As in Ridker 's study , this correlation was not shown for PAI activity .
22 Prevalence of respiratory symptoms was not associated with birth weight , but children with lower gestational age tended to have a greater prevalence of frequent and occasional wheeze regardless of their birth weight ( table III ) .
23 But the same stigma was not associated with accident involvement or dangerous driving .
24 Their plan was turned down because it was not classed as infill development and the site lay outside the built-up area of the village .
25 Jos Hermens , agent and manager to Krabbe and Breuer , said later : ‘ The pack [ containing the samples ] that was used was not meant for doping control .
26 One carcinoma at the hepatic flexure was not identified on barium enema examination .
27 This was not confined to security information but encompassed any information which was not in the interests of the state to disclose .
28 This was not reflected in Partnership spending patterns .
29 After all , if a fellow was not allowed below waist level — and the all-in-one pantie girdle was impregnable without traitorous and lustful help from the inside — then what else was there but hours of despairing mauling of the mammaries , offered up as they were with the aid of uplift-under-wired-half-cup-sponge-rubber-lace-nylon and steel display cases .
30 I did n't wear , no was n't wearing till lunch time was it ?
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