Example sentences of "was [not/n't] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the first houses in the goldfields was built to welcome them and the two children ; the roof was not on by the time they arrived but many miners joined in helping to complete it , the sight of two young Englishwoman being a delightful rarity . |
| 2 | No doubt Eliot 's own fears and uncertainty were compounded when in June a bomb fell upon the offices of Faber and Faber ( fortunately , he was not up on the roof at the time ) . |
| 3 | Israeli officials , while offering a more rapid review of the deportation cases , at the same time stressed that the ultimate decision on when the Palestinians would be repatriated from Lebanon was not up to the government but to courts . |
| 4 | Although that sort of thing is nominally catered for by most electrical equipment , using spike suppression and smoothing circuitry , I reckoned that this particular computer was not up to the job of coping with the dirty mains , and so an uninterruptible power source was thought to be the only feasible answer . |
| 5 | Another major enemy said , with ostentatious sadness , that he feared once the public decided a Prime Minister was not up to the job , he 'd find it all but impossible to eradicate that impression . |
| 6 | The court held that the theft was not over by the time the lady was tied up . |
| 7 | Meanwhile back at the Ministry of Defence George was not back at the Ministry . |
| 8 | It is not known whether or not he ever returned to visit his mother during the first few years but it is certainly true that , latterly , he was not back in the county for many years . |
| 9 | ON APRIL 13 , 1992 , the empire that began with Samuel Reichmann in a stall in the street of the moneylenders in Tangier was not back among the moneylenders . |
| 10 | Unlike nearly every microlight aircraft I 've flown to date , the power plant up front was not out of the Rotax stable . |
| 11 | Post-war governments in France and Italy , the most important states , were weak coalitions , short-lived and threatened by strong communist parties ; a Soviet invasion of continental Europe was not out of the question ; and Labour politicians disliked the Christian Democratic predominance on the Continent . |
| 12 | Despite the amputation , the indomitable ‘ Mac ’ was not out of the air for long . |
| 13 | Wilson 's reputation as a talent scout ensured that she was not out in the cold for long . |
| 14 | Well one of the things that I think has been very striking about John Major , and unfortunately again I 'm comparing him with Mrs. Thatcher , but it 's very difficult not to , thank goodness she was n't around during the Gulf war — that 's my feeling — because I do n't think I could have borne the idea of erm any more rejoice and up an atom and things like that . |
| 15 | But I 'm awfully glad I was n't around for the city 's arrival . |
| 16 | When I saw this happening I began to watch more closely , and I saw that some nights even when she was n't up on the stage Madame had her eye on these two and would often look from one to the other and then back again . |
| 17 | But Mike was forced to sell out when the angel was n't up to the job . |
| 18 | Only twice has a piece of work been unusable , in which case , he says , ‘ it 's my mistake in choosing an artist who was n't up to the commission , so I pay for it anyway and just do n't use it ’ . |
| 19 | What if I was n't up to the task ? |
| 20 | and freaked out , right , er we did the test on Friday , right and he was n't in on the Monday |
| 21 | He was n't out on the Safari circuit with Brian Harley so would n't have picked up his bonuses . ’ |
| 22 | So I 'd have thought three thousand was n't out of the way really . |
| 23 | Deep in my stomach the whirling pits started a few trial revolutions and it was n't down to the meat pie I 'd had . |
| 24 | His father was n't down at the beach to greet him . |
| 25 | Oh , no , I was n't down by the river , I was over on the side next to the road . |