Example sentences of "[was/were] n't [noun sg] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can see that there 's no point in the Bible writers wasting ink explaining how to go out with someone who fancies you when ‘ going out ’ and ‘ fancying ’ were n't part of the way that they did things then ! |
| 2 | Now I understand that it is because we were n't part of the system . |
| 3 | The patterns on the floor were n't part of the design of the carpet . |
| 4 | And they were just worried that if they did n't join in , they were n't part of the club then er |
| 5 | That that 's how it it started , that 's why they were n't part of the force , is , police were part of a co community , and therefore to have respect for the police , seems to me quite vital if we are to have a real sense of of of justice and and fairness . |
| 6 | There was n't enthusiasm from the young people to join these days , and the dwindling numbers had rendered it impossible to carry on . |
| 7 | I could n't stay in the centre , there was n't space in the centre |
| 8 | Ten years later I discovered while watching the same film on TV that the shadow was n't part of the film after all : it was Um Al-Marhoom 's shadow [ Um Al-Marhoom is what we in the Middle East call the woman who is left without children after the death of her only son ] , trying to sell some boiled chickpeas to us children . |
| 9 | I was n't part of the bloody task force . ’ |
| 10 | Telling her she 'd have to get out and she was n't part of the family and all that . |
| 11 | He bent to get a closer look at one drawing that had been fixed lower than the others , as if the teacher had somehow tried to segregate it off and pretend that it was n't part of the display . |
| 12 | ‘ Entertaining the proprietor was n't part of the job description , ’ she offered , her tone creamy as she nerved herself to continue the debate if necessary . |
| 13 | I was n't part of the warm hum of approval |
| 14 | If you bought six cans , you got one free , but she 'd only wanted tomato anyway and that was n't part of the offer . |
| 15 | Absolutely no doubt , that that was n't part of the plan . |
| 16 | ‘ But that was n't part of the deal ! |
| 17 | ‘ I was n't part of the investigation but because I was on duty I had to go to the scene of the crime . |
| 18 | At the moment most drivers have no official training on how to cope with motorway conditions , I asked Sergeant Bill Clarke from the Forces Driving School why it was n't part of the driving test . |
| 19 | She knew that it was n't desire for the acquisition of knowledge that drove him , but the programmed need to find the bomb . |
| 20 | There just was n't time for a school visit . |
| 21 | Malcolm Muggeridge asked whether it was n't time for the monarchy to engage professional public relations consultants , ‘ in place of the rather ludicrous courtiers who now function as such . ’ |
| 22 | There was n't prejudice amongst the public then 'cause there was only a handful of coloured here , anyway . ’ |
| 23 | The charge was n't murder of an unborn child . |
| 24 | We there was n't room for a three piece suite sort of thing and then you 'd have a sideboard and a table , chairs to sit on like hard chairs , wooden chairs like kitchen chairs . |
| 25 | ‘ Mrs Carson said there was n't room in the carriages . |
| 26 | There was n't room in the car and Mark rode on the boot . |