Example sentences of "was n't [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What Aggie did n't know about the ways of loose women , prostitutes , and pimps was n't worth learning , but it was a business and she believed that everybody should mind their own business . |
| 2 | Her mother was n't at home , and her father wanted to see her to the car , which was parked in the street . |
| 3 | Luckily the rear gunner was n't at home at the time ! |
| 4 | There was no sign of the Army car outside the Dog and Duck but Auntie Lou was n't at home . |
| 5 | Could n't have been , because she was n't at home . |
| 6 | Some neighbours would even tell my daughters that I was n't at home because I was out having a good time with men . |
| 7 | So Georgina was n't at home either . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ They knew nothing at the bookshop , sir ; his sister , Sara , seemed very upset ; she would n't believe that he was n't at home . |
| 9 | Ah but Cassie was n't at home then . |
| 10 | Meredith hastily curbed her natural friendliness , reminding herself that she was n't at home now , gossiping to strangers and leaping into any car that came down the lane . |
| 11 | ‘ When they went to find Zoser , he was n't at home . ’ |
| 12 | This afternoon Lord Beaverbrook was n't at home . |
| 13 | , if I was n't at work I 'd take her like a shot . |
| 14 | If I was n't at work I 'd have it done . |
| 15 | Chavez , the 31-year-old Mexican , also left the ring a champion since his WBC super lightweight title was n't at stake . |
| 16 | Chavez , the 31-year-old Mexican , also left the ring a champion since his WBC super lightweight title was n't at stake . |
| 17 | He could see that his life was n't at issue ; she had n't come to hear about that . |
| 18 | All I was doing at this time , if I was n't at school , was watching TV , listening to music , reading or walking , with Dawn as my constant companion . |
| 19 | Liza was n't at university . |
| 20 | He was n't at ease with the back nine . |
| 21 | And of course when you was er was n't on guard duty at the f early evening , course there used to be used to pop into the Peel and have a couple of halves or some would have a pint and there was a chap in , in the Home , Home Guard he , he used to be able to play the piano so we used to have a singsong in there for a social , you know . |
| 22 | By chance , Hammarskjold 's assistant , who went on to become a UN ambassador , was n't on board . |
| 23 | But I understand that we were n't black enough for that crowd , despite the fact that of the three people on stage [ Lester , DJ and Lindy — Norman was n't on stage ] only one was white . ’ |
| 24 | But it was there when my heart softened on witnessing the courtesy you showed my housekeeper , the smile you had for her ; there when I asked you to dinner with no certainty why I 'd done so , other than that it most assuredly was n't on account of any interview . |
| 25 | Perhaps I was n't on form the day I painted it . |
| 26 | And she was n't on form . |
| 27 | The waiter who 'd tried to pick her up that first morning was n't on duty . |
| 28 | The Manageress there erm I was there and she , I , after I 'd been there eighteen months , she had a heart attack and the girl took up her tea tray , one of the girls took up her , because she was n't on duty till about just quarter to six to do the money . |
| 29 | Elaine could have delivered the night before — after midnight , to have the same date of birth — and perhaps Mrs Maybury was n't on duty that night — and Elaine could have left the next day , so Mrs Maybury was telling the truth when she said she 'd never seen her . ’ |
| 30 | And so er it it was a a reasonably good wage but when I first started of course I was n't on piece rate , you used to get a penny an hour , when we worked Saturday morning got about six and sixpence a week . |