Example sentences of "[verb] that it was n't [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't recall , well in fact I 'm being sarcastic because I know for a , we know that it was n't in the manifesto for nineteen ninety two . |
| 2 | This would n't always be the case — the pigeon might be able to take cover and elude the peregrine , but the peregrine might equally decide that it was n't worth the chase . |
| 3 | Brutus had said that he killed Caesar for the general good but Antony is now saying that he did n't know why they killed him , otherwise he saying that it was n't for the general good . |
| 4 | No matter how tedious she was in other ways , he had always assumed that it was n't in her nature to be coarse , and certainly she 'd never displayed evidence of the inclination . |
| 5 | Joe sincerely believed that it was n't in his nature to be cruel . |
| 6 | Now I knew that it was n't to be said . |
| 7 | Oh only a couple of weeks , no they were standing in the common room and she knew he was a virgin right and they were still going out and she knew he was a virgin when they first started going out and Rox goes oh so are you a virgin then erm erm James and he goes no and she was still going out with him and she knew that it was n't with her , obviously , and , and Roxy goes oh who was it then and he goes oh just two , two birds I met in erm Portugal and |
| 8 | And so , Nicodemus learned that it was n't by reformation , trying to make himself better , or by being religious , but he need regeneration , that 's what regeneration means . |