Example sentences of "[was/were] not [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | You came into the chamber , you were not looking for an almost invisible line of thread running from your bed underneath the door . |
| 2 | We were we were not looking for an exception to policy E two we were looking for a policy which complements erm I five . |
| 3 | The Act of 1918 set the scene of the entire political world between the wars , often through consequences that were not seen for a generation . |
| 4 | They were not opting for a particularly expensive scheme . |
| 5 | The representatives from abroad were not expected for a further two or three days , but the three gentlemen referred to by his lordship as his ‘ home team ’ — two Foreign Office ministers attending very much ‘ off the record ’ and Sir David Cardinal — had come early to prepare the ground as thoroughly as possible . |
| 6 | I am sure their bodies were not designed for a two- or three-week period out of the fifty-two weeks in a year , however important that period may be . |
| 7 | The result was a vessel which was surprisingly fast and manoeuvrable for its size — few were more than twenty drem in length — but they were not designed for an extended sea journey , that was certain . |
| 8 | ‘ They were n't looking for a weapon . |
| 9 | She was not prepared for a very similar question being thrown at her . |
| 10 | Lepine was not cremated for a few days yet , until after the despatch of a couple of his victims also being tended to at the Côte-Des-Neiges cemetery , opposite the mountain , alongside the University of Montreal , where Marc Lepine joined his victims in the silence at the centre . |
| 11 | Strong and prescient words , yet Marsh was not calling for a halt to all human interference . |
| 12 | He told himself he was not looking for a lover , but simply the opportunity to tell Resenence about the dream . |
| 13 | She was not fooled for an instant nor so cut off from news that she had not heard that war was in the air again . |
| 14 | Oliver wondered why Angelina was not clamouring for a new vote in order to support her fiancé and decided that this was some further infamous plan on her part . |
| 15 | This was not achieved for a number of reasons . |
| 16 | And it was not rebuilt for a hundred years . |
| 17 | I was not asking for a debate and I want to make that quite clear . |
| 18 | SUN-SEEKING Mr Lamont was given the cold shoulder yesterday when he was told he was NOT needed for a crisis meeting back in Britain . |
| 19 | Yet history records that the nation was not waiting for a programme of national reconstruction . |
| 20 | The Republic 's Foreign Minister Dick Spring yesterday insisted that Dublin was not pressing for a US envoy ‘ for the present ’ . |
| 21 | That was the fate of the worker on the Anglo American farm estate Vergelegen , dismissed for asking his employers why he was not paid for a public holiday . |
| 22 | But I was not going for a bus ride , I was looking for the gents . |
| 23 | Well no , we got two in the sidelines , we got this Indian guy who was not coming for a second interview until we can say we 'll pay him |
| 24 | The African bush was not place for an antelope which had acquired a taste for imported peanuts and strawberry yoghurt . |
| 25 | On 5 August he made a statement in which he said that Spain " was not begging for a place in any international organization and would certainly not accept any such place unless it were commensurate with her historical importance , size of population and her services to peace and culture " , including neutrality during the Second World War . |
| 26 | Needless to say , I was n't asked for a repeat performance ! |
| 27 | The tone of voice was gently musing , but Guy was n't fooled for a minute . |
| 28 | She was n't fooled for a moment . |
| 29 | He turned his head and smiled down at her — she looked into his eyes , and knew that he was n't fooled for a minute . |
| 30 | I was n't looking for a job because I had n't finished my training , but er a friend of mine has h her father is a G P in Loughton , and he erm was at a meeting with the senior partner of my practice , and they said do you know of anybody who 's interested in a partnership ? |