Example sentences of "just was n't [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So er time went on , I did n't get the sack , I just was n't sent back for . |
| 2 | He just was n't getting hold of it too good . |
| 3 | I just was n't expecting it . ’ |
| 4 | I just was n't expecting … |
| 5 | It just was n't done . |
| 6 | No , it just was n't done . |
| 7 | Er it just was n't done and it was , it was bad midwifery , it was bad nursing to , to get a tear . |
| 8 | ‘ I just was n't thinking ! ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I just was n't thinking . ’ |
| 10 | But er any pinching or anything like that ooh it was erm it just was n't accepted at all . |
| 11 | I thought she 'd and just was n't telling me but anyway |
| 12 | She just was n't cut out for this sort of thing ! |
| 13 | She knew that Faye had issued the invitation to Tom as a deliberate part of her campaign to bring the two of them together , and somehow she had to summon the courage today … or soon … to tell her patient that it just was n't working , it was pointless , and she would prefer it if Faye gave up the idea . |
| 14 | He said : ‘ I do n't know what was wrong , she just was n't going forward . ’ |
| 15 | There was always the point in the conversation where we knew it just was n't going to work . |
| 16 | I just was n't going to let them sack me . |
| 17 | But I just was n't giving the case what it needed . |
| 18 | ‘ Maybe it just was n't meant to be . |
| 19 | ‘ I think you did everything you could but it just was n't enough , it just was n't meant to be . |
| 20 | ‘ Your generation just was n't educated , Pop , but I can tell you I hardly know anyone who does n't read French . |
| 21 | She could n't , she just was n't sleeping . |
| 22 | She just was n't equipped to deal with this kind of cold war . |
| 23 | This just was n't happening . |
| 24 | I mean it just was n't talked about . |
| 25 | She was prepared to stand surety for me , but they just was n't having it . |
| 26 | no , that 's a bad one , the er power supply to the machine , the lead it was , there was a break in the circuit and it kept going on and off , so actually I was switching it on right , it just was n't coming on , so she says oh use it by the battery cos its battery as well as electric |
| 27 | All wobble and tremor , the Quake just was n't making it on the Richter Scale . |
| 28 | She came down to Riverside with me , watched as we rehearsed then followed me into the loo and gave me a blow job — something I just was n't used to as a 17-year-old grammar school boy still living at home with his mum and dad . |
| 29 | She just was n't feeling very happy , that 's all . ’ |