Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pron] [was/were] n't [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | but I mean we were n't broad . |
| 2 | I was out with erm an nephew la last night and I mean it was n't icy but it was sort of getting late and it was cold . |
| 3 | I mean it was n't good |
| 4 | The Black Bull , Boroughbridge it was wonderful really was and they treat us really , and I mean it was n't expensive and I had sa fresh salmon and duckling and oh then I |
| 5 | And though that was where I felt most private often , it was a very private place you see , even at its busiest , and it was busy , I mean it was n't small and quiet , I do n't want you to think that , it was very public . |
| 6 | I was taken here but at the time I mean I was n't one of the really seriously burnt , I mean I was still conscious and I was still walking around . |
| 7 | I mean I was n't sure how things stood … ’ |
| 8 | You , I mean you were n't pushy enough I did n't think . |
| 9 | I mean he was n't supposed to be in the fitting shop anyways . |
| 10 | He must be eighty , because I mean there was n't all that much difference in our ages . |
| 11 | Today , when I heard what happened to you , I realized it was n't that . |
| 12 | ‘ I had considered going to California over the winter but I realised it was n't necessary . |
| 13 | But once I 'd taken the plunge and got myself organised , I found it was n't bad at all , and not nearly as difficult as I 'd imagined . ’ |
| 14 | And when morning came I found I was n't half a mile from where I 'd started . |
| 15 | So I phoned her last Nancy phoned me last Friday afternoon before she went on holiday to tell me , and I phoned I was n't sure whether just to sort of play it low key or then I thought , Well I know I really should just give here a wee ring . |
| 16 | ‘ I hope you were n't unkind . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Jesus , I hope it was n't that fellow who was canning peas in Peterborough with me during the summer . |
| 18 | ‘ Better than to prolong it when I was n't particularly comfortable — and I suspect they were n't comfortable with me . ’ |
| 19 | I know there was n't much love lost between them but , as they say , blood is thicker than water ; even doctors know that . ’ |
| 20 | As we went downstairs the lawyer said to me , ‘ I know you were n't aware of this , Miss Eyre . |
| 21 | Even when I said I was family — well , yes , I know it was n't true but it seemed near enough the truth to use to persuade them neither of them would give her away . ’ |
| 22 | I will always maintain that I had a good time in service , and from what I heard there were n't many bad places in the Teesdale area — just the odd one here and there . |
| 23 | I said I heard he was n't popular . |
| 24 | I was ruled out of order , I erm I there were point out then that twenty five new councillors and I understand it was n't legitimate if I wanted to restrict the vote only to those twenty five so that the rest of you would actually realise that this has gone on far too long , I only put that as a I think it is very , very important erm that we break new ground . |
| 25 | ‘ I guess there was n't much alternative , ’ Vitor muttered . |
| 26 | ‘ I suppose she was n't used to sharing since she 's an only child . |
| 27 | I suppose you were n't sixteen . |
| 28 | What made things particularly difficult was that I felt I was n't Black enough for my Black colleagues and that white workers picking up on the division used this to their advantage by divide-and-rule tactics . |
| 29 | Maybe I should n't have , but I felt it was n't good for a little one to be in the same house . |
| 30 | She turned down The Fabulous Baker Boys , a film which made Michelle Pfeiffer an international superstar and an Oscar nominee , because ‘ I felt it was n't right for me ’ . |