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 | I struggled up to show I was n't wolf meat . |
| 3 | I was n't chewing gum though , I was eating sweets |
| 4 | The positive non-inflammatory bowel disease culture also grew acid fast bacilli which were not M paratuberculosis . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | That 's not to say there was n't child abuse now , I I have my own thoughts and in my own feelings feel that there could have been some child abuse especially ch sexual abuse . |
| 7 | They were n't air crew , for God 's sake , they did n't join up to fly . |
| 8 | Well they were n't York stone then were they ? |
| 9 | My gran had forgotten about coming over , you know and so we rem , reminded her was n't Christmas eve , the day before Christmas eve , tha you know , to see if she was still coming . |
| 10 | stew you know like it is a beef ah , but it were n't mince meat , but it were n't stew . |
| 11 | No Sat you used to work Fridays and I used to go out , no it were n't Saturday night |
| 12 | 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 . " |
| 13 | It was n't prawn cocktail . |
| 14 | It was n't brandy bravado that spoke . |
| 15 | I think can I just say one thing we did actually h it was n't community industry erm the people that did it I do n't know |
| 16 | The fact that nobody wrote and said that he was brilliant and was a genius convinced him that it was n't Robert Bolt who was at fault or the director Noel Willman , but himself as an actor . |
| 17 | Well , so , no it was n't Saturday night then . |
| 18 | " No lass , you 're wrong , it was n't class hatred , it was class love . " |
| 19 | But yesterday Labour candidate Alan Milburn said : ‘ It was n't Darlington Council who imposed the poll tax on the town or who kept it for a year longer than necessary . |
| 20 | It was n't Lloyds fault , it was just that they were complying with the original P E P regulations about reporting and , and er so on , so they had to charge more . |
| 21 | She was taken to a small Gestapo prison near the Bastille , and thanked her lucky stars it was n't Gestapo HQ on the Avenue Foch . |
| 22 | It was n't rain forest , but neither was it an English oak wood . |
| 23 | It was n't catwalk modelling , it was a private showing ; all she had to do was stroll through the small showroom , mount a carpeted platform faced with mirrors , look elegant and disinterested while the sheikh 's wives made their selections . |
| 24 | Two packets of Cuppa Soup , but I 'm not sure that it was n't Cuppa Soup , cos I 've said to Thomas , I 'm not at the moment . |
| 25 | No it was n't Stock Exchange ! |
| 26 | It was not girl trouble , the others said . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 |
| 30 | If it was not Bradley Hall , it ca n't be Bradley Hall again , they 're always going in there ! |