Example sentences of "[was/were] n't [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was in the context not of an isolated individual saying it to another isolated individual , but actually feeling that this identity had a social location , a political and moral location , because it involved a whole series of things which meant you were n't just a voice crying in the wilderness . |
| 2 | I had to keep reminding myself that the plans we 'd had were n't just a dream and that he had loved me . |
| 3 | What 'appened there on the first of June last year were n't just a tragedy , oh no . |
| 4 | She 's been very happy with the children but I 've wondered once or twice if they were n't rather a strain on her . ’ |
| 5 | Were n't even a flicker out of it . |
| 6 | ‘ Rewarded ? ’ said Dickie , ‘ there were n't even a collection . |
| 7 | Well it were n't exactly the school teacher 's fault cos Panda jumped out of the hedge into the lights from the cemetery cos she liked to go mousing up there . |
| 8 | So er , on the last seminar , they all talked about sending out letters to all the students who were n't there the attendance was very low , and I received one , but |
| 9 | " The packages were n't there the day before yesterday . |
| 10 | One trusts that its astronomers were n't quite the size of Patrick Moore or getting to work could have been problematic . |
| 11 | Gloria snapped back , ‘ No , I told you before , he were n't never a pilot . |
| 12 | I tried to make her understand that kids were n't necessarily the key to happiness . |
| 13 | Chairman , I , I , I , I object to that , because I think that that was n't either the tone of my question or or the implication of my question . |
| 14 | He 'd been careful not to tell her anything , but she was n't altogether a fool . |
| 15 | Yet it was n't altogether a lie . |
| 16 | They were at that stage of going out that was n't yet a Relationship . |
| 17 | What one can read between the lines was that Jackie was n't yet a champion , that he knew he was good enough to be one and that the pressures and opportunities to make money were too good to be passed up . |
| 18 | This was n't yet a case for the police , least of all for him . |
| 19 | It was n't right the way her heart had leapt when he 'd touched her . |
| 20 | It was n't exactly a naturalist 's dream , but to me it was the Great Outdoors , an unexplored wilderness . |
| 21 | ‘ He was n't exactly a winner but he was honest and decent in every way . |
| 22 | They 'd been married about four years now , and while their apartment was n't exactly a centre of domesticity , it was a Mecca for all kinds of zany characters who had something interesting to offer . |
| 23 | But £5000 was n't exactly a fortune . |
| 24 | The ‘ mass-produced ’ Healey was n't exactly a limo , but it was a bit bigger on creature comforts than the steadfastly spartan , hand-built Cobra . |
| 25 | What on earth was she supposed to wear for this evening with Dane — this evening that was n't exactly a date , yet she could think of no other description for it ? |
| 26 | It was n't exactly a copybook launch , though by no means was everything within Ford 's control . |
| 27 | " It was n't exactly a question and now I know what you 're like I do n't think I can — " |
| 28 | It was n't exactly a pass , but what the hell was Bogie to make of it ? |
| 29 | Robert can see Henry 's star quality and has already aligned him with an animal talent agency ( Satch 's Animals ) , although his one date with the cameras so far — for a Lucozade commercial — was n't exactly a smash . |
| 30 | It was n't exactly a joke was it now Andy ? |