Example sentences of "it was n't [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't just to please her companions , but because she was beginning to have doubts about her original opinion . |
| 2 | Because i i they though it was in competition with other varieties around and it something t It was n't necessarily to do with the fact that erm they though it was less it held less prestige in the community . |
| 3 | Although Jeff making me laugh at myself was the beginning of the end of my depression , it was n't enough to persuade me to stay . |
| 4 | Unfortunately , it was n't enough to stop her thinking completely . |
| 5 | He said : ‘ After I lost my keys a few weeks ago a locksmith replaced the tumblers but it was n't enough to stop the door being opened . |
| 6 | ‘ It was n't enough to put us back in the World Cup contention . |
| 7 | But it was n't enough to save them either . |
| 8 | Marcus Browning was the hit man … that 's three goals in three games for him … but it was n't enough to save United from a 2-1 deafeat … |
| 9 | as if it was n't enough to see discredited Lo Life Boostin' Kev trying to make a record about the posse , Superia nearly went ballistic when he saw Harlem R&B/rap group Zhigge shouting ‘ Lo Life in tha house ! ’ on stage . |
| 10 | as if it was n't enough to neglect your husband and children , you get yourself involved in vulgar brawls . |
| 11 | It was n't enough to pay the rent , never mind to live on . |
| 12 | ‘ as if it was n't enough to start a major race riot , you kill a blasted policeman . ’ |
| 13 | MATTHEW Syed , the 22-year-old Oxford University student , won both his table tennis games for England against France at Brentwood but it was n't enough to prevent France from winning 3–2 . |
| 14 | The time I was looking for a house , he says it was n't enough to get into Sandy Row . |
| 15 | ‘ Whatever you and Peter were up to last night , ’ he went on savagely , ‘ it was n't enough to satisfy you . |
| 16 | It was n't only to toil in the cotton fields that negros were stolen from Africa . |