Example sentences of "[noun] but it [was/were] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't know what was going on in his mind but it was n't going to do him much good . |
| 2 | There was some opposition in the Committee but it was not pressed to division , and it seems that the restrictions were reluctantly accepted as part of a package deal to get agreement on the report as a whole . |
| 3 | A further claim for , inter alia , unlawful means conspiracy was brought against Company B but it was not alleged that the predominant purpose of the conspiracy was to injure the plaintiffs since the defendants were obviously concerned to protect their own position . |
| 4 | I would go further I am not sure whether my Hon. Friends presented such an amendment but it was not called and ask that such a consultative committee comprise a large number of women bus users . |
| 5 | I fell off one the week before last at the soft play but it was n't blown up quite enough . |
| 6 | You you you used to break windows but it was n't done like you see now people , kids s picking up bricks and just breaking a window for the sheer delight of it . |
| 7 | Sometimes there was no dieback or decline , at other times there was dieback but it was not connected to pollution , on occasions trees which had lost a third or more of their vegetation were normal . |
| 8 | If Hughes was relevant to the decision in Foakes it must follow that Pinnel 's Case was equally relevant to the decision in Hughes but it was not cited in the latter case and it would surely have been very surprising it if had been . |