Example sentences of "[was/were] [not/n't] [v-ing] [coord] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Defence lawyer Mr Gerry Trainor pleaded that others living there were not objecting and they did not intend any trouble . |
| 2 | They were endlessly busy when they were n't praying and I remembered their surroundings as always faintly shining . |
| 3 | Brian Clough , the Forest manager , said : ‘ His contract was not expiring but he deserved a rise for the contribution he has made over the last 12 months -so he earned himself a new deal . ’ |
| 4 | The music , although still loud , was not blaring and someone had even made sandwiches , which were being passed around along with a cider and vodka mixture . |
| 5 | " Mary was n't looking and I found the experience very pleasant . |
| 6 | Right , erm I 've actually got down that erm you assumed that his wife was n't a tax pay sorry , his wife was n't a tax payer and you assumed that she was n't working but you did actually pick back up on that later that she was n't that she was n't going back to work after having the children so erm tt that is now irrelevant but it was at the time that you were saying it , that you did n't actually pick it up . |
| 7 | Cameras went wrong , George 's microphone was n't working and we had to start the show again , a light exploded . |
| 8 | The windscreen de-mister was n't working and he had to strain to see . |
| 9 | Cos last year he was n't working and he did n't spend a lot on her . |