Example sentences of "[was/were] not [v-ing] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if anyone said that Christianity was n't going to cost you anything , they were not telling you the full story . |
| 2 | Dr Neil — he 's Stair Cochrane 's younger brother — he works for the poor in an East End practice — ’ Her voice almost broke when she said his name , and her mama knew immediately that Sally-Anne was not telling them the whole truth about her East End adventures . |
| 3 | But Donald , to judge from the size of the congregation - they were three deep in the aisles and old Mr Donovan from 21b ( ‘ I fought two wars for you lot ’ ) had to wait outside the double doors — Donald was not experiencing what the French sociologist called the Lonely Death . |
| 4 | ‘ As wholesalers we felt that Billingsgate was not offering us the facilities we needed , ’ he explains . |
| 5 | Morris suddenly felt tired ; the doctored wine was not giving him the uplift he needed . |