Example sentences of "[was/were] not [vb pp] [to-vb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | People were not encouraged to call at his house . |
| 2 | Phelpses built boats , maintained boats , became champion scullers , taught the gentlemen how to scull , and bowed and doffed their caps ‘ below stairs ’ at the clubs before the war when watermen were not allowed to drink at the bar . |
| 3 | If the total flow of money available to finance wages and salaries were rising , at a steady but moderate rate ( say , 5 per cent per annum ) , both unemployment and inflationary rises of prices and costs could be avoided , provided that money wage rates themselves were not allowed to rise at inappropriately high rates . |
| 4 | This meant that couples who had married across the religious divide were not allowed to adopt at all . |
| 5 | Ms Weldon , a member of the committee who was not asked to sit at the hearing , described the video as a serious attempt to deal with the bride of Christ notion . |
| 6 | The normal working was not booked to stop at Chester but the second part , inserted at very short notice , was scheduled to change locomotives there . |
| 7 | In the holidays I was not allowed to watch at home either . ’ |
| 8 | Sending Ælfgifu and Swegen to Norway perhaps had its advantages here , and maybe Harold Harefoot was not allowed to live at court , which might partly explain alleged doubts about his identity . |
| 9 | It was a great pity that the team was not allowed to perform at other displays during the anniversary year . |