Example sentences of "was n't [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That was n't simply to show us the way , ’ he said . |
| 2 | Well she was n't please to see me , no . |
| 3 | And the Milton Keynes-based Motor Insurers ' Bureau , which is responsible for compensation when a driver 's uninsured , says that it wo n't pay up either because Gooch was n't wholly to blame . |
| 4 | Three ships sunk on this patrol ; three merchantmen sent to the bottom , and thank God Vi was n't here to see this ! |
| 5 | She was about to tell him that was his own stupid fault and that she was n't here to wait on him — particularly since he had proved to be so inhospitable . |
| 6 | ‘ If I was n't here to take care of things , how on earth would you manage ? |
| 7 | But she was n't here to speculate on her cousin 's love-life . |
| 8 | Head down , she insisted she WAS N'T here to promote her new movie Death Becomes Her , in which she plays an actress worried about her looks . |
| 9 | ‘ I said I was n't here to make moral judgments , that all we wanted was to understand what this project was all about and where it is leading . |
| 10 | He was n't here to make jokes . |
| 11 | Simon : he was n't here to help her and she had no idea what had happened to him . |
| 12 | It had gone now , its place taken by a summer suit Claudia loved at first sight , but she was n't here to buy clothes — she must find Dana . |
| 13 | as smokers but coming on to th the real point of the experiment was n't to look at fitness , and was n't just to set up a stop smoking project , but what I wanted to look at was whether people gain weight or not . |
| 14 | It was n't just to please her companions , but because she was beginning to have doubts about her original opinion . |
| 15 | The plight of the aptly named Victim and hundreds like them was n't enough to deter Steven Morrissey into a search for everyday employment . |
| 16 | The sisxth grade at Little Rissington elementary school are getting their report cards … and if that was n't enough to upset them its the end of an era . |
| 17 | as if the cold was n't enough to put up with , Detective Lomax 's disgust and discomfort were increased by the damp clinging fog , which was gradually thickening and reducing visibility . |
| 18 | ‘ It was n't enough to put us back in the World Cup contention . |
| 19 | Unfortunately , it was n't enough to stop her thinking completely . |
| 20 | She hated him and she hated what he was capable of doing to her , but her hate was n't enough to stop herself from feeling the forbidden pleasure of his hands on her body . |
| 21 | Mark Burke the second … the last few minutes were frightening … but thankfully Wolves 2-1 win was n't enough to stop Town going through 3-2 on aggregate … |
| 22 | He said : ‘ After I lost my keys a few weeks ago a locksmith replaced the tumblers but it was n't enough to stop the door being opened . |
| 23 | It would n't be their fault that there was n't enough to go round . |
| 24 | I told him they said there was n't enough to go on , but if anything else happened it would all count . ’ |
| 25 | as if it was n't enough to see discredited Lo Life Boostin' Kev trying to make a record about the posse , Superia nearly went ballistic when he saw Harlem R&B/rap group Zhigge shouting ‘ Lo Life in tha house ! ’ on stage . |
| 26 | But surely even having second thoughts about marriage was n't enough to prompt that kind of reaction , particularly as Isabelle must have known she was expecting Fabien 's child . |
| 27 | Although Jeff making me laugh at myself was the beginning of the end of my depression , it was n't enough to persuade me to stay . |
| 28 | But it was n't enough to save them either . |
| 29 | A demonstration outside a Wiltshire county council budget meeting was n't enough to save the workshops , at Swindon and Salisbury , from closure . |
| 30 | Marcus Browning was the hit man … that 's three goals in three games for him … but it was n't enough to save United from a 2-1 deafeat … |