Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] not [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was n't brave then ; I was never brave , but I was not yet broken . |
| 2 | He told me that I was not badly hurt , and that the plan to catch Johann had been successful . |
| 3 | ‘ I was not just looking for the most experienced people but there were other attributes I wanted to see , ’ he says . |
| 4 | It was about the inevitability of anxiety , yet its effect on me was not palliative , I was not mildly reassured . |
| 5 | At the time I was not even listening properly . |
| 6 | Perhaps I ought to point out , in closing , that I was not instrumental in organising the petition ( in fact , I was not even asked to sign it ) . |
| 7 | I was not even wanting to be alone . |
| 8 | I was not even going to get a lift to Thurso out of it . |
| 9 | When I first started , I was not exactly working toward a goal , but having fun collecting with Basil Taylor 's assistance . |
| 10 | Whilst I was not physically built as an athlete , I found by hard training I could make the track and cross-country teams . |
| 11 | ‘ Uh huh , ’ said I. I was not easily pacified but the show had already been aired . ’ |
| 12 | I was not wilfully doing anything wrong . |
| 13 | ‘ I was not only speaking out on behalf of Manchester United but their thousands of fans as well . ’ |
| 14 | I was not only losing weight but I felt better : fitter , more alert , more vigorous . |
| 15 | I was not greatly comforted by my talk with Seddon . |
| 16 | For example , to Mrs Thrale he described the scene of this famed moment of quietude briefly — ‘ on a green bank , with a small stream running at my feet , in the midst of savage solitude , with Mountains before me , and on either hand covered with heath ’ — then commented , ‘ I looked round me , and wondered that I was not more affected , but the mind is not at all times equally ready to be put in motion . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I played in the friendlies against Wolves and Peterborough but I was not really fit enough , and still felt tired , but that was hardly surprising as these were my first two games . |
| 18 | as if I was not really meant to be here . |
| 19 | Menem signed six decrees on Dec. 29 , which were not officially released until the following day , pardoning eight former high-ranking Army officers who had been the architects of the " dirty war " of the 1970s . |
| 20 | The separate funding provided for the study of fisheries allowed oceanographers to develop their own institutions and professional networks , which were not closely linked to those of the universities or agricultural research stations . |
| 21 | Between Sutton and Wallington , the route now proposed was to avoid the centre of Carshalton , by following new roads to the south , some of which were not yet constructed ; although this routing was opposed by some frontagers in Sutton , the company was assured the co-operation of the Carshalton Park Estate Company , who were developing the area at the time . |
| 22 | In 1951 in four widely read newspapers — two national dailies ( Daily Mirror and The Times ) , the national Sunday ( Sunday People ) and one evening paper ( the London Evening Standard ) — there were only two cases reported which were not also covered by the News of the World . |
| 23 | The Chinese imports have , by and large , appeared in unusual channels of distribution , such as small general stores , Sunday markets , self-service garages , etc , which were not previously served by the UK industry . |
| 24 | Collecting further data on the stimuli may also allow other possibilities to be tested , there may be simple aspects of the stimuli relating to the recognition results which were not previously appreciated . |
| 25 | The only parts of the Home Support Project which were not clearly understood at first were ( a ) its method of obtaining clients ( it was sometimes thought that any dementia sufferer in the borough could be referred directly to the development officer ) , and ( b ) the fact that the development officers could not step in immediately the psychogeriatrician referred a client to the project , but had to wait until the research assessment had been carried out ( which would confirm the client 's eligibility for the project service ) . |
| 26 | These rallies , which were not infrequently marked by violent clashes with communists , reminded many people of Hitler 's Nuremberg rallies . |
| 27 | Researchers at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in the United States and at the Medical Research Council Unit for Applied Psychology in Cambridge simultaneously identified the tasks sensitive to the effects of even one night 's loss of sleep as those which were not self-timed , which went on for at least ten minutes and which were not intrinsically motivating . |
| 28 | The main problem with both petrol and diesel exhausts is the remains of unburnt fuel droplets which were not completely used up in the combustion process.Even after 100 years of internal combustion , the perfect engine has yet to be built . |
| 29 | Environmental groups also called for measures to protect the rights of forest peoples , which were not adequately addressed in the report . |
| 30 | This created problems which were not easily resolved since , given the team 's philosophy , it was essential to operate in the context of ‘ solidarity with working-class activists ’ . |