Example sentences of "[was/were] n't a [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | the Longbridge train , were n't a Longbridge train but |
| 2 | If you were n't a church guy . |
| 3 | It certainly was n't a kitchen knife . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Luckily it was n't a heart attack — I 'd simply overdone it in the gym . ’ |
| 5 | he 's , it was n't a minute struggle , you , you kept harping on all week he 's in , in the |
| 6 | But she was n't a make-up artist for nothing — if she could n't perform a speedy transformation , then she did n't deserve her job . |
| 7 | Anyone who was n't a wheels-on railwayman was demonstrably stupid . |
| 8 | mm , the thing is though , that was n't a Court hearing yesterday and whatever they say is gon na incriminate them so if they want to ask them questions they 've got ta take them to Court have n't they ? |
| 9 | There was n't a heist man or second-storey expert in the neighbourhood who was n't first-names with Connors . |
| 10 | Even though he was n't a poker player , he tried to be one of the guys and belong to the group . |
| 11 | Referring to a speech by John Major , he added : ‘ It was n't a building society chief executive who said ‘ If it is n't hurting , it is n't working ’ ’ . |
| 12 | Then a rejection letter arrived from Streatham branch — because he was n't a union member . |
| 13 | However , there was n't a TV ban on the Sabbath . |
| 14 | But it was n't a telephone cable , it was a power cable carrying 11,000 volts . |
| 15 | It was n't a telephone point I do n't know what it was . |
| 16 | I was n't a founder member . |
| 17 | ‘ I was n't a Girl Guide for nothing . |
| 18 | I had n't asked but I just knew she was his only offspring , and I 'd lay odds there was n't a Mrs McInnes any more . |
| 19 | It was n't a question Trent had expected . |
| 20 | It was n't a question Robert felt he could ask . |
| 21 | No , it was n't a hotel dad . |
| 22 | He was accustomed to it from his schooldays since his was n't a memory system that made a good impression on harassed teachers or impatient examiners , especially as it did n't work at all with books . |
| 23 | He was n't a drinking man . |
| 24 | He 'd pulled up behind one of the newspaper vans , except it was n't a newspaper van . |
| 25 | Visually , the body reminds me of a Schecter or Tom Anderson and if it was n't for Aria 's distinctive headstock you 'd be hard pushed to tell this was n't a £1500 guitar from a few feet away . |
| 26 | What looks like a fairly minor scrape would cost me the best part of a planned skiing trip at Christmas to repair if this was n't a company car . |
| 27 | ‘ It was n't a sex attack , or what they call a serial killer these days . |
| 28 | Although there was n't a separation announcement , we were told that the Prince and Princess of Wales would no longer live under the same roof . |
| 29 | It was n't a sticker star . |
| 30 | It was n't a sticker star ? |