Example sentences of "were [not/n't] [prep] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conservative group leader Tony Richmond accused finance committee chair Jan Taylor of saying the council would have set a higher budget if it were not for government spending constraints . |
| 2 | Their rates of pay were normally 3/ to 3/6 a day when they were not on piece work . |
| 3 | In defence of Dixon 's there are DTP packages that will run on an Amstrad 5086 — Timeworks 3 for GEM for example so they were not in fact wrong . |
| 4 | But despite this controversy , methods of birth control were not in fact alien to the working class and in the use of contraception we can again see distinctive patterns . |
| 5 | Everyone was making sure that they were not in flesh contact with any of the furniture , walls or floor . |
| 6 | Ah most squads were on piece work but you might find that you had If it was n't an apprentice squad , you might find that you had a squad of riveters who were n't on piece work , who simply went round doing any wee odds and ends that had |
| 7 | So you invariably find that they were n't on piece work . |