Example sentences of "[pers pn] were not [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1	She did n't mean — I think — that Richard and I were not kind to her , only that she did not ‘ come first ’ with either of us , and she was a woman who needed to be made much of and fussed over .
2	You were n't sort of allowed just in and out when you wanted to , you had to get permission to stay out late .
3	No , no , no , if you were n't sort of looking .
4	There was the same combination that I had seen before : collected in groups that seemed threatening because you were not part of them , and between these bright areas black , empty alleys full of odd forebodings .
5	‘ That , too , Father , I confess , though we were not party to it .
6	Now I understand that it is because we were n't part of the system .
7	The Flank Companies of the 1st Guards ( Grenadiers ) certainly later reinforced the Coldstream and 3rd Guards but they were not part of the original garrison .
8	They were not part of Judi , but they came from her .
9	The geophysical models of the East Grampian Younger Basic intrusions imply they were not part of a single large layered basic/ultrabasic intrusive sheet .
10	The incomer might not agree to any existing house rules or feel that they can ignore them because they were not party to them initially .
11	He thought contemptuously : " So they were n't marble after all . "
12	And they were just worried that if they did n't join in , they were n't part of the club then er
13	That that 's how it it started , that 's why they were n't part of the force , is , police were part of a co community , and therefore to have respect for the police , seems to me quite vital if we are to have a real sense of of of justice and and fairness .
14	I , I , remember something , cos I thought they 'd look awful stuck on the top of their heads , they were n't sort of like
15	Surprise at the gentle way he lifted her breast as though it were not part of her .

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