Example sentences of "were [not/n't] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fleapit at the centre of another Rose script , The Smallest Show on Earth ( 1957 , Big Time Operators in US ) , directed by Ealing 's Basil Dearden , is eventually burnt to the ground by its old commissionaire : ‘ It were the only way were n't it ’ , he says to the cooing couple who inherited the place in a town stinking of glue from the local factory , together with staff so lost in the past that they still enjoy looking at Hepworth 's Comin ’ Thro ’ The Rye . |
| 2 | ‘ It were that doctor with the yellow hair , were n't it ? ’ she said . |
| 3 | ‘ Some of our major customers were talking about EDI , and we realised that if our competitors were offering the facility and we were n't it would score against us . |
| 4 | He said he was real glad to meet any friend of the little lady 's , and were n't it a turn-up for the book the gent . |
| 5 | And there used to be sort of a mush made from haricot beans too that people said were baked beans and they were n't it was just sort of white mushy erm white haricot beans with a sort of red colouring poured over the top . |
| 6 | it was right opposite the pub now , but that was all fields then were n't it ? |
| 7 | that was moved were n't it ? |
| 8 | We thought it was quite something when we got the shops were n't it ? |
| 9 | A very nice house in Hatfield were n't it ? |
| 10 | It was your father , were n't it , Miss , as sent Master Harry out to America to his relatives ? ’ |
| 11 | So er , er it were daft were n't it ? |
| 12 | Oh , no ch that was government money were n't it ? |
| 13 | Oh , well er doing away with four men were n't it ? |
| 14 | just air , air was in the tanks the hot water in sea were n't it ? |
| 15 | Farther along were n't it ? |
| 16 | Well , it always was secret were n't it , in the stables ? |
| 17 | That 's four hundred quid , were n't it |
| 18 | companies of Ottery as a community place , about five or six years ago , were n't it ? |
| 19 | I du n no last week were n't it ? |
| 20 | I do n't know , I rang from what time , were n't it ? |
| 21 | Too noisy , were n't it . |
| 22 | One of the reason you get took on , I mean , it were only a borstal when he went were n't it ? |
| 23 | Mind you , that 's what our Brian did were n't it ? |
| 24 | Well it er , about that long , about my length were n't it ? |
| 25 | Yeah , freezing were n't it ? |
| 26 | It 's like your dad were , were n't it , but he 's , he had a hole in his back , so it ran up , and it used to fill up and it , every so often it would burst out would n't it |
| 27 | were n't it love ? |
| 28 | And he said er ten pound were n't it , but it made four joints , yeah |
| 29 | were n't it ? |
| 30 | just before Christmas were n't it ? |