Example sentences of "were [not/n't] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | These acquisitions were not up to the basic standards of the museums of Moscow , the former ‘ capital of half the world ’ . |
| 2 | And er we had a plan for to build a building with er dressing accommodation and er this was gon na cost seven thousand pound when we could n't face it , we thought that there were far more important things to deal with than that when we had housing , we had just had a housing report which said that two thousand houses in the town were not up to the modern standard . |
| 3 | They were not out of the weather . |
| 4 | They were not along for the ride . |
| 5 | The golden boys , those who never give the bad news , who make sure that when the plant breaks down they are not available to inform anybody , and have made absolutely certain they were n't around during the run-up to such a disaster , are rewarded . |
| 6 | They were n't out of the woods yet — far from it . |
| 7 | There 's not six men left , and all the cattle are away , for they were n't out at the shielings yet . |
| 8 | Maybe some were n't in at the share-out . ’ |