Example sentences of "[was/were] [not/n't] [adv] at the " in BNC.

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1 The children were not even at the back of the house away from the road .
2 In January 1642 , Charles I foolishly entered the House of Commons seeking to arrest five leading Members of Parliament ( who were not there at the time ) and he received a magnificent rebuke from the Speaker of the House .
3 So what we would have been I mean it were n't just at the bottom of the street .
4 ‘ I did n't know you were n't there at the trials . ’
5 There 's not six men left , and all the cattle are away , for they were n't out at the shielings yet .
6 Maybe some were n't in at the share-out . ’
7 I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way , particularly because I was not here at the beginning of his speech .
8 I know that the hon. Member for Sherwood ( Mr. Stewart ) was not here at the time , and he will not be with us much longer , but many Members who are present tonight were here then .
9 At the end there is something which was not there at the beginning .
10 Meanwhile back at the Ministry of Defence George was not back at the Ministry .
11 And it was not only at the front that people were dying .
12 If it sounds funny now , it was not so at the time .
13 But unrealized potential was exploited as well as people and European economic intervention was not always at the expense of the non-European .
14 I mean , would n't know , I would n't know , I was n't here at the time .
15 I was n't there at the time and I 'm damned if they 're going to top me for your brothers .
16 But I was n't there at the time .
17 Although I was n't there at the time , just mention it to those who were and watch their colour change to grey !
18 oh no , it was n't there at the time of the Telegraph article was it ?
19 Oh I was n't there at the time was I ?
20 His father was n't down at the beach to greet him .
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