Example sentences of "[was/were] n't [vb pp] for the " 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 | We had brought jackets , but were n't prepared for the cold . |
| 4 | We had brought jackets , but were n't prepared for the cold . |
| 5 | These were n't prepared for the winter hibernation . |
| 6 | She was n't dressed for the occasion : no gown , no satin slippers , no tiara . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He was n't prepared for the formality of life in an English public school — particularly its petty humiliations . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |