Example sentences of "[was/were] n't [verb] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You were n't disturbed by any other noises , in the night ? ’ |
| 2 | Also to the drivers , who not only drove with such care that the passengers were n't inconvenienced in any way , but also doubled as bike handlers to get the bikes on and off the trailer , inevitably a dirty job . |
| 3 | Yeah , I mean I do n't know how powerful they were that , I mean he were n't , he were n't belting on those but there was , he was playing loud enough to appreciate with its own you know |
| 4 | When the various coats of paint were stripped off , Dick and his crew discovered that there was very little airframe corrosion externally or internally , and the fact that the airframe was out of reach of the public meant that the fairings and the skins were n't dented at all . |
| 5 | The scenery was so vast it seemed they were n't moving at all . |
| 6 | But the minatory eyes were n't fixed on this latest scientific wonder ; they were fixed on Brenda . |
| 7 | Er , the first thing is I put on the top of my draught that I 'd rather the pupils were n't involved at this stage I 'd rather they were involved in the over view with form tutor . |
| 8 | They were n't pledged to any other idea . |
| 9 | ‘ We were n't liked at all to begin with , especially by the Children 's Department who resented the fact that a programme aimed at 8 to 14-year-olds had been given to the Drama Group , and not to them . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ If we were n't tied to this bit of the country , I 'd almost think about chucking it all in and heading off somewhere different — Canada , or Australia , or South Africa . ’ |
| 11 | But I do see you were n't thinking in these terms . |
| 12 | Er so that was a market place that we really were n't tapping from this region , they have been tapping into London . |
| 13 | Er , but I do believe that made very important the reason , er , the first question is and people were n't reading about that . |
| 14 | ‘ You were n't robbed at all , were you ? ’ |
| 15 | The targets I was given last year in my appraisal were n't covered at all this year in my appraisal by the manager , |
| 16 | So if you just kept your treble clef you 'd have a lot of lines possibly that you were n't using at all . |
| 17 | Till eventually I mean you ere doing it with these As you were going through here you were n't looking at this table you were working some of them out you were saying , Oh that 'll be a double positive that 'll be a double double negative these 'll go together . |
| 18 | Les Conn : ‘ Well , of course , the people were n't prepared for that kind of entertainment and they all put their hands over their ears , and Bloom started screaming , ‘ Get them off , they 're ruining my wedding party ’ . |
| 19 | We were n't asking for any more wages . |
| 20 | No , no , on your own , no no your parents were n't allowed to that one , that was that was children 's party . |
| 21 | So therefore you got motorbikes going up the ramps , which were n't designed for that . |
| 22 | Are we to conclude , therefore , that the Anglican Church 's neglect of purification ritual for women is not because it believes women to be ‘ clean ’ , but because it would rather such matters were n't mentioned at all ? |
| 23 | They had large capacity halls — maybe three or four thousand people there , which was funny for the boys because they were n't used to that . |
| 24 | At that time erm , I was a commercial traveller and Harlow was part of my district and they reluctantly accepted the fact that because I was a commercial traveller working in Harlow that I actually did work in Harlow which was stretching a point , but I really think that the Development Corporation 's officials were getting a little tired of my being able to talk their own language and to write letters in the same vein as they could write , they were n't used to this , and , at any rate , as I said earlier we got here . |
| 25 | Long-term objectives were n't working at that particular stage … |
| 26 | She knew they were n't suited to each other , really ; she did n't love him , but she could n't give him up just yet . |
| 27 | Things were n't going at all well within the UK vehicle Division . |
| 28 | There 's another item of news , which erm , er Ron only got on the sixteenth August and it 's about the pre-congress pensioner 's march and rally , now the congress is held in Glasgow , so I think we were n't going to that one anyway , but it just giving details of erm the arrangements for the pensioner 's march which we usually have , we usually attend if it 's in the South anywhere , but that 's just for information . |
| 29 | And that time we saw him he said he definitely were n't going on that holiday . |
| 30 | No two boys and a girl , so it meant that two boys have to share a bedroom which they were n't doing in that other house and David 's been unemployed well |