Example sentences of "[was/were] [not/n't] [verb] for this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , they were not prepared for this by socialisation at school and at home . |
| 2 | The child 's arousal classification was noted for each 12th minute value of UOS pressure and a mean value obtained for arousal states A and B. Although arousal states C to E were noted their data were not analysed for this study . |
| 3 | William had come to the throne two years earlier , in 1688 , after the Glorious Revolution against the Catholic James II ; but although the Treatises do contain material which could be seen as after-the-fact justifications of the Revolution , they were not written for this reason . |
| 4 | Second only to the Royal Saloons of this time were the 57ft saloons de luxe , built for the accommodation of the Royal suite , when the King and Queen were travelling ; when they were not required for this purpose they could be hired . |
| 5 | You were not chosen for this trip just to see an old flame , were you ? ’ |
| 6 | To this day , we do not know why élite internal security units of the KBW were not used for this purpose , as they were in 1956 . |
| 7 | I was not made for this , my Lord , my shepherd . |
| 8 | Sir Denys , a 58-year-old Scot and a lawyer by training , took over from Sir John Harvey-Jones in 1987 ( who is now chairman of The Economist but was not consulted for this article ) . |
| 9 | The Bull & Gate surely was n't built for this sort of punishment . |