Example sentences of "[was/were] n't the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I knew you were n't the composing machine they say you are . ’ |
| 2 | The medical profession were n't the fools I had taken them for . |
| 3 | Paul was singing to himself and asking questions of the type children tend to , such as why were n't the birds all blown away during the storm , and why did n't the sea fill up with water with the stream going so hard ? |
| 4 | They were n't the kind of people who could get themselves together and organized , it was a more and more the bottom end of the scale and people who were actually erm you know , really powerless in many ways . |
| 5 | I knew you were n't the kind of woman I could conveniently disregard , as I 'd disregarded Celeste , and I certainly did n't want to become entangled with my team-mate 's girlfriend — ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I respected you and I knew you were n't the kind of girl who slept around . |
| 7 | There is no doubt that Marlborough , Massachusetts-based Sequoia Systems Inc has all its marbles in the right place when it comes to designing and building fault-tolerant Unix systems — it would n't be an important partner of Hewlett-Packard Co if that were n't the case , but it still needs to get its act together on the marketing and finance side . |
| 8 | No they were n't the ones . |
| 9 | But erm yes sometimes you 'd , you 'd get there in time but you see they 'd just , I , there , there were n't the telephones about in those days so you , you , you could n't , everybody did n't have a phone , they could n't ring in an and say I 'm in labour . |
| 10 | It were n't the way everyone said an ’ thought it was , you see , not by a long chalk . |
| 11 | People did n't want it , were n't the money about , investments I suppose . |
| 12 | This Mr Deputy Speaker , could easily have been accommodation had the bill been brought to the house just seven weeks earlier than it actually was brought to the house , seven weeks were n't the problem . |
| 13 | I interpret it that erm parents saw that they were being asked to do something false , and if I can just correct you on something , these were n't the Governors ' proposals to seek opting out , they were the proposals of a group of parents , some of whom happen to be parent-Governors , but when the Governors themselves came to vote on whether we thought |
| 14 | We were n't the muppets , they were . |
| 15 | ‘ There just were n't the windshifts to give us leverage , ’ Conner admitted . |
| 16 | But those were n't the impediments . |
| 17 | ‘ Were n't the pictures left to you ? ’ |
| 18 | And very often the people would n't pay the rent for them you see , so they were n't very happy were n't the people u losing the pool table , but the owner was saying Sorry you 're not paying your rent enough , we 're not getting enough out of the machine , I want it back . |
| 19 | that were n't the impression that I got . |
| 20 | These were n't the words she wanted to hear from him . |
| 21 | They were n't the words she was longing to speak . |
| 22 | It was in the summer holidays and Matthew was going to start school , so he he 's just had his fourth birthday just had his fourth birthday when he moved in here , the twins that were coming up to their second yeah Matthew like , like Gemma , Gemma yeah and by the time I knew you that were n't the summer after |
| 23 | A High Court judge has ruled that her injuries were n't the result of negligence . |
| 24 | That were n't the reason , ’ she snapped . |
| 25 | why were n't the police there when they |
| 26 | Briefly , she wondered if this were n't the sort of thing the Doctor was after , but decided to continue searching . |
| 27 | ‘ You deserve it , but I was afraid they were n't the sort of people to make wills and the house would go to the Crown or whatever they do in these cases . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ They were n't the sort of terrorists who demanded dollars , gold or murder . |
| 29 | There were n't the business organisations that we have today , which place those who work in a particular place in the structure , as employee or employer . |
| 30 | No these were n't the pool ones were they ? |