Example sentences of "[was/were] not [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the plodding votary of meaning is anxiously inquiring out the sense … his fellow-worshipper , remembering that our eyes were not given us for nothing … roves , in gazing ecstasy from page to page , till here and there arrested by the choice vignette or richly tinctured plate . |
| 2 | They did n't , they di they were n't watching them for very long at all . |
| 3 | We were n't charged anything for the food , so we were there as guests , although everybody else was working but we was given the most comfortable er room to stay , so it , there were quite a few people living there because of this reason , that er people coming from outside looking for a job , they would automatically er obtain the accommodation without being charged for it . |
| 4 | I was n't driving for an hour , you were n't following me for either an hour or forty miles . |
| 5 | In Berry ( No. 2 ) , the applicant , B , had been convicted of making an explosive in circumstances giving rise to the reasonable suspicion that he was not making it for a lawful object . |
| 6 | ‘ Hello Michael , I was n't expecting you for another twenty minutes . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I was n't expecting you for another hour or so . |
| 8 | She tossed her head , aware she was n't fooling him for a minute . |
| 9 | Like if I interviewed Johnny Thunders , it was n't to meet him for the first time , it was to try to save his career . ’ |
| 10 | er my Lord it was n't , I was n't raising it for the purpose of your Lordship mentioned , er namely er er about er contingency fund , though indeed will be entitled to that , I raised a question of the minute , the board minute , to do with the concerned with Mr rest of the meeting about the placement |