Example sentences of "was n't [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That night , as often when she put Josh to bed , Clare held the most precious thing in her world close to her heart and felt guilty and ashamed that she was n't providing him with the things she thought she should . |
| 2 | ‘ Was n't leaving anything to chance . |
| 3 | He stepped back , smiled wryly , and said , ‘ I was n't consoling myself after Angela Macleod , McAllister . |
| 4 | ‘ It was n't seeing you with no clothes on , ’ he explained patiently , at last , suppressing laughter . |
| 5 | I 'm not having it er she did n't do the , when she said to me I want to speak to you about it , she said , you know , she was n't involving me at all was she ? |
| 6 | I was n't plotting anything at all . |
| 7 | ‘ I was n't suggesting anything of the sort , ’ Shae returned evenly . |
| 8 | ‘ No , I know he 's got a navy blue one but he was n't wearing it on Friday night . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Maybe I was n't disgracing myself on the park , but I was cheating the Sheffield fans and manager Jimmy Sirrell . |
| 10 | Surely he was n't accusing her of lying about this , too ? |
| 11 | Luke had n't mentioned company , she thought , but then he was n't expecting her at this ungodly hour — it was nearly eight already . |
| 12 | Simon said that he was n't expecting me to be spotted by Ferrari that day ; he just wanted me to get round safely . |
| 13 | I was n't expecting anyone at all like you . ’ |
| 14 | Yeah I mean I was n't expecting anything like er erm like him being a nice person to me ever again but it was fun |
| 15 | ‘ Hello Michael , I was n't expecting you for another twenty minutes . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I was n't expecting you for another hour or so . |
| 17 | ‘ Colonel , I was n't expecting you until tomorrow , ’ Rust said as he shook hands with both men . |
| 18 | It just smelt like Christmas cake cooking , and I was n't cooking anything at all . |
| 19 | She tossed her head , aware she was n't fooling him for a minute . |
| 20 | And you know this time when I went on a plane and I looked down , I was n't saying it to Ben |
| 21 | No , he would n't , was n't having it at all |
| 22 | Oh I think an electric drill it was in the sixties so with the twenty five pounds off it brought it down a bit and I , I paid for it with one cheque so I was n't having it on the weekly er er it worked out I think Vicki gave some of it towards it . |
| 23 | She was n't disturbing him at all , said Dyson , swinging round in his chair and resting his elbow comfortably on the stacks of unsubbed copy and uncorrected proofs . |
| 24 | So did my father , he was n't to bother himself with the day-to-day things like washing sheets or buying food , that was her job , she made it plain . |
| 25 | David has always , for a time , hitched his rocket on somebody who is powerful — no question about it — he 's powerful himself , but he needed an injection of ruthlessness which Ken Pitt , being a very sweet , nice man , was n't giving him at the time . |
| 26 | It would be worth doing even if one was n't paid anything at all . |
| 27 | Like if I interviewed Johnny Thunders , it was n't to meet him for the first time , it was to try to save his career . ’ |
| 28 | on the ar , we well you know we 've paid for his education since he was seven because he was n't doing anything at primary school ! |
| 29 | Mm that 's why I thought you was n't doing anything on that day , |
| 30 | He was n't doing anything on it . |