Example sentences of "[was/were] not [vb pp] [to-vb] at " in BNC.
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1 | People were not encouraged to call at his house . |
2 | Phelpses built boats , maintained boats , became champion scullers , taught the gentlemen how to scull , and bowed and doffed their caps ‘ below stairs ’ at the clubs before the war when watermen were not allowed to drink at the bar . |
3 | If the total flow of money available to finance wages and salaries were rising , at a steady but moderate rate ( say , 5 per cent per annum ) , both unemployment and inflationary rises of prices and costs could be avoided , provided that money wage rates themselves were not allowed to rise at inappropriately high rates . |
4 | This meant that couples who had married across the religious divide were not allowed to adopt at all . |
5 | They were n't expected to win at Franklin Gardens , but then again Gloucester are at their best when the challenge is toughest . |
6 | Ms Weldon , a member of the committee who was not asked to sit at the hearing , described the video as a serious attempt to deal with the bride of Christ notion . |
7 | The normal working was not booked to stop at Chester but the second part , inserted at very short notice , was scheduled to change locomotives there . |
8 | In the holidays I was not allowed to watch at home either . ’ |
9 | Sending Ælfgifu and Swegen to Norway perhaps had its advantages here , and maybe Harold Harefoot was not allowed to live at court , which might partly explain alleged doubts about his identity . |
10 | It was a great pity that the team was not allowed to perform at other displays during the anniversary year . |
11 | As it turned out , Mario was n't allowed to race at Monza because he 'd driven a dirt-track race within the previous twenty-four hours , and it was n't until Watkins Glen at the end of 1968 that he first drove in a FI race . |