Example sentences of "i was n't [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | I thought that in some way I was n't pleasing you . |
2 | I was n't presented with the full facts . |
3 | ‘ I was n't flirting , ’ she said quickly , fighting to keep a decent space between their bodies . |
4 | ( No , I was n't born then ) : at Comdex/Spring in Atlanta yesterday , our man on the spot , Chris Rose was geared to send stories from his laptop straight back to our server — until on deadline , he found all phone lines from Atlanta were busy ( shame on you , BellSouth Corp ) and ended up having to low-tech fax it back using a direct facsimile line . |
5 | ‘ I was n't born in Ireland , Ryan . ’ |
6 | I was n't born here . |
7 | ‘ I know I was n't born to be a size eight or 10 , ’ she says . |
8 | I was n't born like caca , out of Mamma 's bottom . |
9 | I was n't born |
10 | I was n't born yesterday . |
11 | I mean I was n't born until nineteen thirty and I mean I I I can remember Jim well so he did n't die until probably nineteen forty . |
12 | I was n't born really because I did n't have a birth certificate or anything so I do n't know how old I am . |
13 | Thank God I was n't facing the window . ’ |
14 | I was n't pushed inter this marriage , ’ she said softly . |
15 | I was pleased to be sitting here with a strong drink , pleased that I was n't staked out on the basement floor , playing the romantic lead in a snuff movie . |
16 | Because I started to believe that I was n't seeing him . |
17 | Was I sure I was n't experiencing any symptoms ? |
18 | Well , not being that kind of a girl , I was n't goin' to stay there with me virtue in danger . ’ |
19 | I told my 'Arold I was n't goin' in no wooden seats . |
20 | I was n't wrestling ! |
21 | ‘ I was n't telling the truth yesterday . ’ |
22 | No well I was n't accusing you Steve . |
23 | ‘ I was n't assuming . ’ |
24 | It was something that gave me a framework for my experience , and in some ways kind of saved my life really because it gave me words to see that I was n't isolated , that there was a movement — it was very real and it was very gut . |
25 | It just smelt like Christmas cake cooking , and I was n't cooking anything at all . |
26 | I was n't allowing myself to think too much , but below the conscious level all kinds of adjustments were going on in my head . |
27 | I was n't depending on him anymore . |
28 | I disliked these two intensely and did n't like being told off for being rude to them , so I told her peevishly that I was n't staying while they were there and kicked off the slippers , put on my clogs and ran out banging the door behind me . |
29 | I did say I was n't staying . |
30 | Well , w I was n't repairing them , but er I was n't building , but to overhaul er a waggon er it would probably take you , probably a week . |