Example sentences of "[was/were] n't [noun] [unc] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | were n't Bill 's fault |
| 2 | It seemed to be a green light to both sides , the brewery 's only concern being that they were n't Jehovah 's Witnesses or Christian Scientists ! |
| 3 | ‘ If you were n't Eddie 's kid sister I 'd have given you a far harder ride for what you 've just accused me of this evening , so do n't push your luck , Dr Kate Ash , because you might come to regret it ! ’ |
| 4 | If you were n't Chrissie 's sister , you 'd be out on your arse in the alley . ’ |
| 5 | Her mother was n't Frank 's mother , because she had died when he was born . |
| 6 | So if it was n't Sal 's birthdate , how about Frank 's ? |
| 7 | But whoever they were hiding their affair from , it certainly was n't Danson 's wife Casey , 54 . |
| 8 | Les Robinson came as close as he could to making up for his own goal , but it was n't Oxford 's day . |
| 9 | Or simply told the truth — told them there and now that it was n't Syl 's smile that repelled me but that I had an intuitive conviction that there was something unsound in him , something unwholesome by virtue of being undeveloped , something that would , sooner or later , cause me to turn on him with bitter cruelty as Nour had turned on me . |
| 10 | It was n't Sky 's fault that the Premier League football on display represented the biggest mis-use of the word ‘ premier ’ since Adam and Eve learnt how to spell . |
| 11 | And it was n't Sky 's fault that I used to watch better football at Barnet for exactly the same price as the weekly rental price of a satellite dish . |
| 12 | Was n't doctors ' handwriting supposed to be hard to read ? |
| 13 | Because the noise she 'd heard was n't Rohan 's arrival at all . |
| 14 | ‘ It was n't Trev 's fault . |
| 15 | It was n't Lucenzo 's flat . |
| 16 | I 'm worried that Wilko has put a distance between the fans and the team by selling popular players too often , though obviously Batty is a case in point and that was n't Howard 's fault . |
| 17 | It was n't Jazzbeaux 's idea of a hobby , but there were more dangerous people in the world . |
| 18 | ‘ That was n't Father 's fault ! ’ she said defensively . |
| 19 | It certainly was n't Foster 's idea of an easy tour , lurking in a cold , draughty doorway in a poorly lit service alley , in weather conditions more suited to a horror movie set . |
| 20 | The only sign of life was the horse tethered outside , and it was n't Twoflower 's horse . |
| 21 | It was n't Angela 's boss . |
| 22 | It was n't Angela 's boss cos she asked h she went down for you this mor er half past twelve . |
| 23 | She could n't , because this was n't Vi McKeown standing here shaking , and it was n't Vi 's house that bomb had taken . |
| 24 | It was n't IMP 's fault , or hers , that he had started at Jerez in third position , but she 'd been a convenient whipping-boy for his suspicions . |
| 25 | She felt that it was n't children 's job or children 's responsibility to look after the world , it was our job , and that it was not fair to make children feel responsible for doing that erm I mean that seems to me to be a legitimate viewpoint and erm but it 's one of many and I mean other people may feel that in order to save the planet , or indeed prevent wars in the future , it is important to expose children to the dangers of , you know , the current situation . |
| 26 | It was n't children 's television . |
| 27 | If Sweet himself continued his blackmail , that was n't Charles ' concern . |
| 28 | It was n't Luke 's competence that she was questioning . |
| 29 | It was a bitter summary of their unhappy affair , but compunction ensued , because it was n't Luke 's fault that he could n't love her , even if he had no right to despise her , so she added neutrally , ‘ There 's a Chinese tea-house or tea-garden — I 'm not sure what it 's really called — not far from here that intrigues me , and I 've been wanting to go and find out what it 's all about ever since I first passed it . |
| 30 | It was n't Dana 's fault if Roman preferred her to her twin ; he had wanted Claudia , but once had been enough . |