Example sentences of "[was/were] not [vb pp] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | She was not prepared for a very similar question being thrown at her . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | This was not achieved for a number of reasons . |
| 7 | And it was not rebuilt for a hundred years . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Needless to say , I was n't asked for a repeat performance ! |
| 11 | The tone of voice was gently musing , but Guy was n't fooled for a minute . |
| 12 | She was n't fooled for a moment . |
| 13 | 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 . |