Example sentences of "were [not/n't] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Act of 1918 set the scene of the entire political world between the wars , often through consequences that were not seen for a generation . |
| 2 | They were not opting for a particularly expensive scheme . |
| 3 | The representatives from abroad were not expected for a further two or three days , but the three gentlemen referred to by his lordship as his ‘ home team ’ — two Foreign Office ministers attending very much ‘ off the record ’ and Sir David Cardinal — had come early to prepare the ground as thoroughly as possible . |
| 4 | I am sure their bodies were not designed for a two- or three-week period out of the fifty-two weeks in a year , however important that period may be . |
| 5 | ‘ They were n't looking for a weapon . |