Example sentences of "[was/were] not [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harrowby believed ( wrongly ! ) that titles were not what scientific men would want : their names anyway ‘ were a passport into any society , the proudest of the land ’ . |
| 2 | Mechanical things were not her strong point ; after watching her for a couple of minutes , Melissa could stand it no longer . |
| 3 | They were not her only audience . |
| 4 | However , most respondents who were not themselves sole practitioners stopped well short of endorsing this argument although they were often inclined to the view that in choosing to practice in this way , sole principals should accept that the greater risk they represented to the profession should be reflected in increased contributions on their part to the Compensation and Indemnity Funds . |
| 5 | They did not create too great an economic burden ; they were not themselves economic measures . |
| 6 | It was as though the clouds were not themselves mere vapour but impermeable sagging sacks , purposely constructed and hung to contain water . |
| 7 | Mrs Thatcher was concerned not simply that fewer than half the electorate bothered to participate in the choosing of their local council , but that many eligible electors were not themselves local taxpayers . |
| 8 | These were not your ordinary footpads , they would never attack three well-armed , mounted travellers . |
| 9 | ‘ When the conflict is bitter , think of the time when you were not your own masters , how its bitterness can never be forgotten ! |
| 10 | On the other hand , Fokine insisted that most of Petrushka was danced mime , explaining that the dances performed in the fairground were the only real ones : ‘ These were not my own work as such crowds would have danced like that any way . |
| 11 | The king-duke had to try to suggest that such appeals as were made were not his personal responsibility . |
| 12 | As Maurice Blanchot has put it : ‘ And were not his own principles more complex than his official discourse , with its striking formulations , led one to think ? ’ |
| 13 | They were not his own kind . |
| 14 | Mr Toubon was one of the few Right-Wing politicians not to criticise the pyjama-striped columns of Daniel Buren erected in the Palais Royal by Mr Lang — but he did tell the artist they were not his favourite work . |
| 15 | But they were n't her usual tears . |
| 16 | like anything were n't we old boy ? |
| 17 | Toby , on the other hand , just looked in on the way to the boarding annexe , and popped straight out again , while Corbett Farraday had no particular fear of the boys — were n't they all boys together at Burleigh ? and stayed in the Staff Common Room for no other reason than to work himself up to an approach to Penny . |
| 18 | ‘ Why were n't there any sheep ? ’ asked Cyril at once . |
| 19 | ‘ Why were n't there any flowers ? ’ |
| 20 | Were n't there , were n't there another boys and girls one or whatever , or were there just the boys |
| 21 | Words were n't his natural medium , but these days , when I went to help out in the shop , he inevitably took me aside — blackmailing me with samosas , sherbet fountains and the opportunity not to work — for an extended ear-bashing . |
| 22 | Because they were n't his own houses . |
| 23 | Well , maybe they were n't his exact words , but I expect he would have come up with something like that had he been asked for his thoughts on Carter 's ‘ Only Living Boy In New Cross ’ . |
| 24 | Aye , thirteen , were n't it that bugger . |
| 25 | Well she told me that he in six months , yeah it was planned were n't it six months |
| 26 | Lindsay was actually a member of the Labour Party , but was not its official candidate . |
| 27 | Rashida Patel was not its chief publicist , however . |
| 28 | Economically it might be simpler if there was no peasantry , but was not its sturdy conservatism a guarantee of social stability , as its sturdy and numerous progeny were the backbone of most government 's armies ? |
| 29 | That was not what international socialism was for . |
| 30 | This was not what English food exporters wanted but , as it kept down the cost of provisioning the sugar plantations , it was supported by the sugar industry in England . |