Example sentences of "was n't [verb] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Are you sure he was n't killed in the war ? |
| 2 | I said how wrong I thought it was that she was n't rated in the literary canon , that she was thought of as a ‘ popular ’ novelist , and how some of her work was very much better than that . ’ |
| 3 | Now that Pearce had openly stated that the evidence had been planted , he was n't reacting in the way that he 'd ever have guessed . |
| 4 | So what I intend to do from this week is that very thing , try and fill in as it were and er make up for what was n't covered in the classes because I must admit that this year I 've been struck by the high st high standard of the class presentations . |
| 5 | She must have realised some years before that I was n't headed in the direction of St Margaret 's , Westminster , but she had still intended the occasion to glitter , a bright milestone in our uneventful lives . |
| 6 | ‘ It was n't Caspar in the field . |
| 7 | She was n't tempted in the least , as she was far too tired . |
| 8 | Fabia went down to dinner that night and could n't help thinking that , even though it was certain that he was n't staying in the same hotel , or he 'd have said so , perhaps he might decide to have his dinner there . |
| 9 | What can you say about the game that was n't said in the last caption ? |
| 10 | I 've always felt that I was raised in the land of melody but I certainly was n't raised in the land of rhythm so I 'm always attracted to good dance music . |
| 11 | Getting shot at was n't included in the Politics and Economics degree at the LSE . |
| 12 | which was that four point one was n't included in the papers that went to staff consultative , which was the general list of things that we pulled out from the brainstorm last time . |
| 13 | ( You 'd think he might have been a bit more careful — after all , this was n't happening in the Dark Ages before birth control was invented . ) |
| 14 | Well in in th the year that I was brought up in there was a a much more er er traditional fee structure which simply was n't negotiated in the same way as it is today . |
| 15 | Mlle Bernardi was n't forgotten in the excitement ; she received a reported 50,000 fan letters . |
| 16 | But at the time I felt rejected and useless , because I was n't needed in the way I had been for so long. , |
| 17 | Telling the caller to come right away , Sophie reflected wryly that fate was against her , and when Helen decided that she was n't needed in the surgery it seemed that she was destined to face Robert alone . |
| 18 | And when you the schools , the shops in that area , I 'm not only surprised it was n't considered in the first place , but secondly , it is the key to the whole scheme and er although I 'm quite happy to move the erm recommendation , I must say that I have a very very deep concern regarding Road . |
| 19 | Indeed Michael Blair did it full justice several times last night and who says Josef Locke was n't standing in the wings giving it an envied ear … |
| 20 | er on the other hand er the arguments inside the er document seem to suggest that a a certificate of , of conformo conformalities conformity erm could be issued er within the terms of the , the numbers specified because on the case of the housing the numbers are rather small and in the case of the er business floor space there , they 're probably even less significant erm and I wondered why that was n't put in the recommendation . |
| 21 | During the damp November evenings when the gas lamp flickered in the wind , nothing would convince me that danger was n't lurking in the eerie shadows . |
| 22 | Well it was n't working in the field that I want to work in . |
| 23 | As it was n't mentioned in the Newsletter write-up Geoff 's theory is that she was booted out . |
| 24 | Mike said : ‘ I was n't told in the nicest of manners . |