Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] not [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was not Boat Race standard , but I got by at the level of intercollege competition . |
| 2 | The positive non-inflammatory bowel disease culture also grew acid fast bacilli which were not M paratuberculosis . |
| 3 | And many women who came who were not labour movement activists welcomed Women for Socialism initiative , considering the time somewhat overdue for labour movement women to reach out to other socialist-feminists . |
| 4 | In Tuberville v Savage , the accused laid his hand on his sword and said : " If it were not assize time , I would not take such language . " |
| 5 | It was not girl trouble , the others said . |
| 6 | It was not Sussex backwardness alone that brought trouble but the collapse of the artificial prosperity across England when the wars ended in 1815 and were followed by a series of disastrous harvests . |
| 7 | It was not fairy gold that had fallen into their open laps : the first Mrs Headleand , it was true , had conveniently died , but Charles and Liz thereafter had worked for their position . |
| 8 | It was I remember reading in the paper that it 's been it 's been filmed at a house which no one 's ever been allowed to go in even the great sort of one of these country mansions , it was not Bradley Hall |
| 9 | If it was not Bradley Hall , it ca n't be Bradley Hall again , they 're always going in there ! |
| 10 | Our manager replied that it was not company policy to divulge personal details of employees ( mad joggers or not ! ) and that if she wanted to take it further , she should write in . |
| 11 | Mr Schabort said : ‘ At first they seemed quite eager but then I received a letter saying it was not council policy to meet with South African officials . |
| 12 | It was held that it was not copra cake at all but a substance quite different to that contracted for and , because of this , the sellers could not rely on an exclusion clause purporting to exempt them from liability . |
| 13 | ‘ The opinion was also expressed that it was not party policy to come out and support candidates during local elections . |
| 14 | It was not Nobel prize material , just a slick method of protein analysis , which many other experimenters had found immediately useful . |
| 15 | But it was not Resenence Jeopardy who danced . |
| 16 | However , a spokesman said it was not police policy to discuss the occupation of people helping with inquiries . |
| 17 | Isabel had to admit he was not messenger material , but she was beginning to question the wisdom of her panicked flight from the castle . |