Example sentences of "was n't [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This would n't always be the case — the pigeon might be able to take cover and elude the peregrine , but the peregrine might equally decide that it was n't worth the chase . |
| 2 | It was n't worth the fine , so I retreated to climb every escalator , dream the impossible dream of a store in which silent night meant peace to shop , and not another glutinous accompaniment to wassailing wallets . |
| 3 | In the same vein of concentrated analysis ( and again , with rather an insufficiency of music examples ) Oliver Neighbour considers the authorship of certain anonymous keyboard pieces , most particularly a transcription of Byrd 's ‘ O quam gloriosum est regnum ’ Its procedures demonstrate the activity of a master hand ( not inconceivably Byrd 's own ) even if only to satisfy himself that the exercise was n't worth the candle . |
| 4 | It was n't worth the responsibility . |
| 5 | ‘ We thought she was n't worth the bother of watching . ’ |
| 6 | She was n't worth the effort , he decided . |
| 7 | It really was n't worth the effort . |
| 8 | She was glad she had not got one ; it was n't worth the trauma . |
| 9 | At some point during all this nonsense Meehan stormed out of the court , shouting that his free pardon was n't worth the paper it was printed on . |
| 10 | With his visibility problems aggravated by the scar tissue around his eyes , he could n't see ; he thought it was just stupid to race under these conditions ; the world championship was n't worth the risk involved . |
| 11 | The experience was painful enough to ensure that no-one did it again ; it simply was n't worth the risk . |
| 12 | ‘ I told you , I was n't at a party . |
| 13 | By the middle of the following week , however , she was really missing her trips to the pool and she decided that on Wednesday afternoon , which was one of the afternoons when David was n't at the factory , she would take a chance and go for a swim . |
| 14 | They they 've looked at erm housing and er industrial development , er I was n't at the discussion yesterday , but clearly they 've put a significant effort into deciding what the appropriate level of new industrial development is . |
| 15 | He was immediately enthralled : ‘ I do n't think there was a moment after that … when the wish to work at the House of Commons was n't at the back of my mind . ’ |
| 16 | He was n't at the house , but the housekeeper was . |
| 17 | I was n't at the conference , what a pity . |
| 18 | ’ Now he wanted to know why I was n't at the point . |
| 19 | did n't know what had been happening because he was n't at the meeting . |
| 20 | ‘ It was n't at the time , ’ she said , ‘ because I did n't know it was inexplicable . |
| 21 | and so you know looking back on it , was all rather funny but erm , it was n't at the time of course particularly for the children and erm mothers . |
| 22 | Well I was n't at the time . |
| 23 | It was n't at the time because you had a real complex about it but |
| 24 | I 'm glad he was n't at the dress-run last night when , in my most imperious Dame Edith voice , I commanded , ‘ Send for Hedward the Hugly ! ’ and Edward the Ugly fell off the stage laughing . |
| 25 | Farmer Nash was n't at the market , and a few minutes later we saw his angry red face above the wall on the far side of the field . |
| 26 | He screamed some incoherent threat , and I honestly looked round to check that I was n't on a film set . |
| 27 | Only it was n't on a computer . |
| 28 | The establishment 's boast was that if it was n't on the menu , then you could take your pick for free . |
| 29 | And anyway , who needs words ? she told herself blissfully , as they continued to float across the dance-floor together — though Ronni was n't on the dance-floor , she had both feet in heaven . |
| 30 | Carradine was n't on the floor , alive or dead . |