Example sentences of "[was/were] n't [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then there are batteries for when we 're stopped , but they 'd only last for forty-five minutes , eh ? , if we were n't plugged into the ground supply at a station . |
| 2 | so it were n't interacting between the two , everything had changed and it still did it , were a new kit , got a cabinet of setting line , changed it and it still did it . |
| 3 | They 're gon na go in through that door the second it goes down , they were n't loitering at the end of the passage , they were right by the door were n't they ? |
| 4 | I think this is a deal that could have been done ; we just were n't getting to the finishing line quickly enough . |
| 5 | But , in ruling out a coup , Trent had to presume that the arms had a further destination and were n't connected to the drug scenario . |
| 6 | She had a deep gash to her leg , probably inflicted with an axe and severe internal injuries , though these were n't noticed until the next day . |
| 7 | I pulled my skirt up a little but he said he 'd have to see higher than that to make sure my legs were n't bowed at the knees so I did as I was told . |
| 8 | They were n't fixed to the cabin — not while they were going across from one side to the other . |
| 9 | We 've reroofed the house completely rewired it , put in a fire detection system , resotred areas previously out of use and which were n't seen by the public . |
| 10 | It 's a lovely world , beautiful world but it 's the people in it you see who are spoiling things so much and I do n't understand youngsters you see but because young people erm there , there was a time when youngsters just er do just as they like and they were n't reprimanded by the parents , whereas my parents were very strict you see and it did n't do me any harm and I 'm glad now that they were . |
| 11 | It was decided that perhaps they had outlived their use and they were n't served at the reception . |
| 12 | Mum had done lots of cooking beforehand so we were n't tied to the kitchen and could spend time doing other things and just sitting around chatting . |
| 13 | So , when the house is full , and my husband 's away , and I give up my room to some guest like your Rainbow 's Aunt Goldie — I spend the night in my father 's study , and reading all the texts that were n't written for the eyes of women . |
| 14 | The elephants were n't swimming in the pond , they were floating on their backs , and one of them was balancing me gently on the flat tops of its upturned feet . |
| 15 | I mean it 's only fair it 's not we 're not talking about huge wages but for Gwynedd which is a low wage area they were reasonable and they worked for them too you know but but they were n't complaining about the money so much as the principle . |
| 16 | I agree that it 's silly if they were n't played at the same time . |
| 17 | Well if they were n't represented in the Kuomintang were they ? |
| 18 | I thought it might be that there was a , we were n't covered for the liability to pick people |
| 19 | And as well as that , beyond the city walls , fortifications were being erected all the way round the north of Oxford , the bits that were n't covered by the river . |
| 20 | You were n't looking for the cat , you were looking |
| 21 | So I suppose whatever area you went into , erm you might find it a bit frustrating to start with , because you were n't looking at the big picture . |
| 22 | We were n't looking at the time . |
| 23 | We had brought jackets , but were n't prepared for the cold . |
| 24 | We had brought jackets , but were n't prepared for the cold . |
| 25 | These were n't prepared for the winter hibernation . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've had a few hasty assignations in lay-bys to pass over pots of prepared food that no one must know were n't prepared by the hostess , ’ says Mrs Anderson . |
| 27 | Mr Spencer added : ‘ They were n't filming at the time of the incident . |
| 28 | They were n't overwhelmed by the sheer mechanics of daily life . |
| 29 | Well , the city was n't a nice place to live because of all the silly laws the merchant had passed , and people started to leave it and go to other towns and other countries , and the merchant was spending so much time passing new laws and trying to make people obey the ones he 'd already passed that his own business started to fail , and eventually the city was almost deserted , and the merchant found that he owed people much more money than he had in the bank , and even though he sold his house and everything he owned he was still broke ; he was thrown out of his house and out of the city too , because he had become a beggar , and beggars were n't allowed in the city . |
| 30 | And I was interested to hear the film-makers were n't allowed in the Sanctum — about the God-Kings lavish lifestyle , which included a large stock of harem girls . |