Example sentences of "it [was/were] not [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were coming to see you last night , and then all day so he said it were n't fair to go anywhere like he was . |
| 2 | Moreover , if it were not possible to refer to different topics of discourse , there would be no occasion for referring to anything as " the same " . |
| 3 | He never thought of patenting his invention or trying to make any money out of it , but others who saw it were not slow to realize its potential , and soon copies began to appear and were sold for £6 or £7 each . |
| 4 | If it were not permissible to take account of the Parliamentary history of the relevant legislation and of ministerial statements of its intended effect , I should remain of that opinion . ’ |
| 5 | If it were not permissible to take account of the Parliamentary history of the relevant legislation and of ministerial statements of its intended effect , I should remain of that opinion . |
| 6 | Although she was trained , she was still a beginner — like me — and it was n't easy to settle her down in front of all those kids , who , naturally , were all pointing and whispering when we came into the classroom . |
| 7 | It was n't easy to argue with Nutty . |
| 8 | All the same it was n't easy to stop herself from wondering if he too was having difficulties in not remembering what had happened over the last forty-eight hours . |
| 9 | It was n't easy to pretend to be casual under their teasing , but she hoped she managed to conceal her real feelings . |
| 10 | But it was n't easy to lose puppy fat when Mum fed her on stodgy good home cooking — stews with dumplings and meat pies with pastry crusts and steamed sponge puddings , and there was no money to spare for proper hairdressing salons . |
| 11 | It was n't easy to lose the mental habits of the convent . |
| 12 | It was n't easy to tell , from the filthy and shapeless rags that covered their filthy and shapeless bodies , but I guessed that there was a man and a woman and some smaller ones that were children . |
| 13 | It was n't easy to get Nigel out of the window — and the large oval bed of rose bushes with the most vicious imaginable thorns , immediately underneath the window , did n't help — but eventually he was again steered into the back of the Volvo , and Alan drove off with Dei at his side . |
| 14 | I kept on at the council , but it was n't easy to get a council flat in those days . |
| 15 | Leaving the brightness of the house behind it was n't easy to get my eyes used to the darkness . |
| 16 | But it was n't easy to get him to give sympathy . |
| 17 | Mm , and that , and that , at the end of the day I suppose there has to be a point for the kingdom and it was n't easy to get into that because all the , the , the accounts are all about how big a struggle it is , to get into the kingdom |
| 18 | It was n't easy to avoid James Salperton . |
| 19 | Of course , people would do as much as they could on their own , partly because it was n't easy to send for a vet in a faraway place like Baldersdale , which did n't have many telephones , and partly because of the expense . |
| 20 | It was n't easy to discuss sex with him . |
| 21 | It was n't easy to maintain a light level tone as she asked , ‘ Is that the way you usually deal with problems ? |
| 22 | It was n't easy to find out who his tutor was supposed to be . |
| 23 | ‘ It was n't easy to make a fitting with her in LA and me in Paris , ’ says the designer , though at Christmas Madonna found time to visit him in Paris , where she spent her time ‘ jogging and pumping iron ’ . |
| 24 | It was n't easy to make a show with such diverse voices pull together and some of what I wrote did n't fit in ( I kept it for The Pie of Damocles later that year though ) . |
| 25 | They tried to start a conversation , but it was n't easy to make themselves heard above the music and chatter . |
| 26 | It was n't easy to make out his expression , but she was watching him as carefully as she could . |
| 27 | It was n't pleasant to hear it from her lips , but yes , he said , he was just another hireling . |
| 28 | But it was n't boring to watch though mum . |
| 29 | ‘ But it was n't right to ask questions . ’ |
| 30 | They had stopped smiling because it was n't necessary to pretend any more . |