Example sentences of "i was n't [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was n't a smasher when I started , I became one , ’ observes Miss Stetson . |
| 2 | ‘ The pity is , I was n't a boy , ’ she told him , her voice still indifferent , her face calm , quite unlike any Sally-Anne her parents had ever known . |
| 3 | Although it was very rough at first , but I got used with it even when the seasickness caught me up going round the top of the highland , but once he was away from that and er I was n't a drinker in these days but some old man says to me , er before you go to a meal , he says , take a drop of brandy . |
| 4 | True , everyone had hidden their supplies — buried them in the tobacco patch or the bottom of the grain chest — and I had to convince them that I was n't a forester . |
| 5 | I was n't a founder member . |
| 6 | At school I certainly was n't a swot , but I was n't a layabout , either . |
| 7 | And er we used to go occasionally to W E A meetings , in the library at , and er I was n't a member of his class , but I did once go and hear Hugh , when he was at Nottingham . |
| 8 | The Harberton The Ulster Operatic use th erm no , but I mean , I a , because I was n't a member it was like one show was okay , and the pantomime as well . |
| 9 | It was important to me that I did tell them individually because on their own I felt I could get their attention and having to explain why I felt like this , but more than that , I wanted them to fully understand that all of a sudden I was n't a lesbian whose name was Carla — I was still Carla , except that I just had different feelings . |
| 10 | I tried to be as patient as I could and I think David 's mother has realised for quite a long time that I was quite a good daughter-in-law to her ( although I was n't a daughter-in-law at that time ) but as a girl friend , I could understand her finding it obnoxious that her son brought some strange person into the house . |
| 11 | He was sorry , he said , but he was n't allowed to marry me because I was n't a Jew . |
| 12 | I was n't a Jew so I did n't bother . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm beginning to wonder if I was n't a bit impetuous offering him the job just like that . |
| 14 | It was well up , I w I was n't a second at it . |
| 15 | ‘ I was n't a nuisance when I arrived ? ’ |
| 16 | I feel now that I 've got an epitaph at the end of my life that I did something , I was n't a taker … |
| 17 | ‘ I was n't a Girl Guide for nothing . |
| 18 | I 'm going to tell you right away that , although I was n't a virgin when we married , I was until I left the train with Ludovico . |
| 19 | No , I was n't a thief ! |
| 20 | Now I would have stood my ground , I was n't a dog to be sent running hither and thither , but Benjamin added his plea with his eyes . |
| 21 | I said an er I said do you think that I was n't a career woman , I said I gave it all up for yo er to have to look after my young babies and then when the babies were no longer young , when I got through that phase of my life I went back and combined looking after a home very adequately , thank you ! |
| 22 | When my feeble protests were ignored back there it hit me for the first time that I was n't a civilian any more . |
| 23 | I was n't a Trade Unionist so I did n't bother . |
| 24 | If I was n't a hat designer I 'm sure I 'd have loads of hats anyway . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I can remember phone numbers , decks of cards , all the Olympic medal-winners going back a century but I could n't remember the right day on which to turn up — at least I was n't a week late . ’ |
| 26 | Now I was n't coming I was n't a refugee from anything except unemployment . |
| 27 | " He said that I was n't a woman . |
| 28 | ‘ I was n't a woman then ! ’ |
| 29 | I did n't have a big name in the business as I 'd been concentrating just on working , so I was n't a star and could n't force through any changes . |
| 30 | If the tumour had grown bigger why take more pictures ? but that was dangerous ground , I was n't a medic . |