Example sentences of "[was/were] n't [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well why were n't we , aye , well why were n't we ready ? |
| 2 | In which case … why were n't they here , waiting ? |
| 3 | You have no it was that they were a bit big were n't they anyway I 'm sure we could possibly get it out you could try I suppose . |
| 4 | Erm were n't they then following Stalin 's ? |
| 5 | ‘ Were n't they really forts ? ’ |
| 6 | Well I mean these were the kind of jobs that were n't replaceable were n't they really ? |
| 7 | So I went back later on , I says , why were n't yous in ? |
| 8 | Were n't there also rumours of a tendresse between her and Mrs Thatcher ? |
| 9 | Did n't she , were n't she well oiled ? |
| 10 | that was a camera were n't it not a |
| 11 | That was lightning were n't it then ? |
| 12 | It was like a passage were n't it really ? |
| 13 | No I forgot I was downstairs were n't I so ? |
| 14 | ‘ Why were n't you here last year ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Were n't you here last week ? ’ |
| 16 | were n't you once a lifeguard by the ocean ? |
| 17 | Were n't you together long enough to know that ? ’ |
| 18 | Well you were there were n't you too ? |
| 19 | Why were n't you in then ? |
| 20 | Football fans have that too — ‘ Were n't you there in ‘ 71 when we won the Double ? ’ |
| 21 | Were n't you there ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Why , were n't you there , Dane ? |
| 23 | ‘ So why were n't you there last night ? ’ |
| 24 | Were n't you there ? |
| 25 | You were a bit silly to put it all in at once , were n't you really ? |
| 26 | You , he 's back to like labouring again were n't he really ? |
| 27 | I think they were surprised when I threw up ; I hope they were , I hope they were surprised and very interested and thought , 'Ullo 'ullo 'ullo it was n't 'im then after all ; he ai n't the villain , he 's been fitted up so help me … |
| 28 | I suddenly realized that I was n't myself any more : I did n't give a damn whether he was wearing a tie or not . ’ |
| 29 | She hoped he was n't somebody hugely important . |
| 30 | THE American film maker Woody Allen once said his one regret in life was that he was n't somebody else . |