Example sentences of "it was not [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it was n't worth fifty pound a week . |
| 2 | Yeah , tell your Mum to give me the twelve pence , er , er the two P cos erm it was n't , it was n't worth last night . |
| 3 | It was n't at all like staying in hospital . |
| 4 | It was n't at all tidy . |
| 5 | He obviously thought it was funny , what he was doing , but it was n't at all . |
| 6 | It was n't at all like her . |
| 7 | You see , I was on my astrological cusp on Monday , it was n't at all propitious for me . |
| 8 | It was n't at all like Julius to give in so easily . |
| 9 | If anyone else had had this odd habit of repeating himself , Jenna would have laughed , but with Ned Clarke it was n't at all laughable . |
| 10 | It was n't at all what Luce had expected , and , seeing her puzzled frown , he said hastily , apologetically , ‘ I hope you do not mind using the rear entrance , but I needed to go this way to get to my next appointment . ’ |
| 11 | Well I know the the when we had the er I T V , you know , over Christmas it said in there it was on Central but when I turned it on it was n't at all . |
| 12 | I think I better come in , it was n't at all like that when I was there . |
| 13 | It was alright to come to your marriage , having been a bit of a one for the girls , but it was n't at all good to come to your marriage having been a bit of a one with the lads . |
| 14 | It was n't at first , |
| 15 | But it was n't for real … the students of the Oxford University Union were getting their new season under way . |
| 16 | It was n't for many weeks after coming to Chesney that Peach ventured out . |
| 17 | Thus it was n't for many years after the first inhibitor experiments were reported that I actually got around to test their effects myself . |
| 18 | In the locker room the steel grilles are pasted with letters that say , Thanks for your kindness for making a tough time much easier to bear , and , If it was n't for all of you there at the hospital I do n't know how we would have survived . |
| 19 | No , no oh I agree people should n't let dogs foul on the pavement and in shopping places and things , cos it can be dangerous , but out in the woodlands if it was n't for all the animals we would n't have any green stuff , trees and bushes seagulls are up . |
| 20 | And there 's Master Tristram pretending he 's not listening to his father , who might 've been sitting in the Fowey stocks by now if it was n't for that same father 's efforts . " |
| 21 | ‘ She 'd be alive today if it was n't for that . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I would n't be a cook if it was n't for that . |
| 23 | ‘ If it was n't for that poor bugger , I would be getting as pissed as a bishop 's fart in the Crossed Keys and you would be back in your decrepit church feeding that bloody cat or watching your bloody stars ! |
| 24 | He then pointed to his helmet and was heard to say ‘ If it was n't for that I 'd be dead . ’ |
| 25 | If it was n't for that I 'd I so , ca n't get what I should of done . |
| 26 | I 'd have a lot more if it was n't for bloody death duties . ’ |
| 27 | If it was n't for this we could be it would be quite good . |
| 28 | he was on , I mean it was n't it was n't for any reason it was just a |
| 29 | I agreed , but pointed out that it was n't for little boys . ’ |
| 30 | This would not be a problem if it was n't for another silly set of rules about what you must wear . |