Example sentences of "[was/were] n't [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I thought it might be that there was a , we were n't covered for the liability to pick people |
| 3 | ‘ They were n't looking for a weapon . |
| 4 | You were n't looking for the cat , you were looking |
| 5 | We had brought jackets , but were n't prepared for the cold . |
| 6 | We had brought jackets , but were n't prepared for the cold . |
| 7 | These were n't prepared for the winter hibernation . |
| 8 | ‘ That 's a very touching story , but it 'll take a little more than that to convince me that you were n't heading for the exit . ’ |
| 9 | Needless to say , I was n't asked for a repeat performance ! |
| 10 | She was n't dressed for the occasion : no gown , no satin slippers , no tiara . |
| 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 . |
| 14 | 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 ? |
| 15 | But he was n't prepared for the shock of seeing those eyes , his daughter 's eyes of startling green flecked with gold , that looked out from Simon 's face . |
| 16 | I did n't know what I expected ( chanting and rune casting , perhaps ) , but I was n't prepared for the tingling sensation affecting the areas of my body immediately underneath her small hands . |
| 17 | He was n't prepared for the formality of life in an English public school — particularly its petty humiliations . |
| 18 | His voice was soft , silky , which she supposed was a warning , but she still was n't prepared for the speed with which he moved her top aside . |
| 19 | Over the past few years , the quality of in-service training courses for teachers has improved greatly , but I was n't prepared for the effort [ and financial resources ] that had obviously been put into the ‘ Quality in Action ’ workshop . |
| 20 | And the reason I call it a candid portrait is because I do n't think that the he may have seen somebody there with a camera , but he certainly was n't posing for the camera . |
| 21 | Dr always insisting that she was n't campaigning for the legalization of cannabis . |
| 22 | I 'd promised myself then and there : I was n't going for a second appointment . |
| 23 | He was n't going for a joy trip , he was n't going out in the boat just to se to while away an hour or so to relax and to unwind , he was n't going there to , just to get away from the crowd of people that had been following him and had been listening to him , he had a purpose in going in into the boat , to go to the other side . |
| 24 | The Doctor was n't going for the bait . |
| 25 | ‘ I was n't heading for the exit ! |
| 26 | ‘ I told him — my husband had a hard job , he was n't working for a time . |
| 27 | I was n't driving for an hour , you were n't following me for either an hour or forty miles . |