Example sentences of "were n't the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I knew you were n't the composing machine they say you are . ’ |
| 2 | They were n't the kind of people who could get themselves together and organized , it was a more and more the bottom end of the scale and people who were actually erm you know , really powerless in many ways . |
| 3 | I knew you were n't the kind of woman I could conveniently disregard , as I 'd disregarded Celeste , and I certainly did n't want to become entangled with my team-mate 's girlfriend — ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I respected you and I knew you were n't the kind of girl who slept around . |
| 5 | There is no doubt that Marlborough , Massachusetts-based Sequoia Systems Inc has all its marbles in the right place when it comes to designing and building fault-tolerant Unix systems — it would n't be an important partner of Hewlett-Packard Co if that were n't the case , but it still needs to get its act together on the marketing and finance side . |
| 6 | It were n't the way everyone said an ’ thought it was , you see , not by a long chalk . |
| 7 | People did n't want it , were n't the money about , investments I suppose . |
| 8 | This Mr Deputy Speaker , could easily have been accommodation had the bill been brought to the house just seven weeks earlier than it actually was brought to the house , seven weeks were n't the problem . |
| 9 | that were n't the impression that I got . |
| 10 | It was in the summer holidays and Matthew was going to start school , so he he 's just had his fourth birthday just had his fourth birthday when he moved in here , the twins that were coming up to their second yeah Matthew like , like Gemma , Gemma yeah and by the time I knew you that were n't the summer after |
| 11 | A High Court judge has ruled that her injuries were n't the result of negligence . |
| 12 | That were n't the reason , ’ she snapped . |
| 13 | Briefly , she wondered if this were n't the sort of thing the Doctor was after , but decided to continue searching . |
| 14 | ‘ You deserve it , but I was afraid they were n't the sort of people to make wills and the house would go to the Crown or whatever they do in these cases . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ They were n't the sort of terrorists who demanded dollars , gold or murder . |
| 16 | There were n't the business organisations that we have today , which place those who work in a particular place in the structure , as employee or employer . |
| 17 | No these were n't the pool ones were they ? |
| 18 | there ai n't no muck on the root , it were n't the root , it were washed |
| 19 | It were n't the dog I locked in the tractor-shed , that 's all I know . ’ |