Example sentences of "[was/were] not even [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The children were not even at the back of the house away from the road . |
| 2 | The Barnet crisis dominated yesterday 's meeting although their problems were not even on the agenda . |
| 3 | Essential services like housing and transport were not even on the drawing board . |
| 4 | The two fresh contenders of greatest interest , if only because they were not even in the side when Scotland trounced Ireland at Murrayfield , are Peter Clohessy on the tight-head — a player who incurred the wrath of Australia 's Bob Dwyer but who was held to have made quite an impact on the Lions ' top brass versus Wales — and the young stand-off , Eric Ellwood . |
| 5 | These are comments about young people which were spoken with a tenor of near hatred at a meeting of a council committee when young people were n't even on the agenda . |
| 6 | And suppose I did get through all they 'd say is it 's nothing to do with them they were n't even in the Company at that time — and how many of them were ? ’ |
| 7 | Poor old Fabian and Spilsbury were n't even in the running where Caitlin was concerned . |
| 8 | ‘ They were n't even around the kitchen . ’ |
| 9 | He went on to demonstrate that no only was the recession not yet over but its end was not even on the horizon . |
| 10 | The last straw for Hysen came against Middlesbrough on Saturday when Limpar , who lost his place to 20-year-old Mark Flatts , was not even on the substitutes ' bench . |
| 11 | Slaven added : ‘ I was disappointed and hurt that I was not even on the bench . |
| 12 | Speculation about his Leeds ' future reached fever pitch when he was not even on the bench for last week 's Coca-Cola Cup tie at Scunthorpe . |
| 13 | The conviction could be even more serious for Dr Bromley , 48 , who was not even in the surgery at the time . |
| 14 | The Air Ministry firmly believed that fundamentally it was a question of pure navigation , and furthermore they were convinced that they knew one man who could lead such a formation to meet the planned Bomber Force envisaged by the Chiefs of Staff — but he was not even in the RAF , He was a professional Imperial Airways pilot with an international reputation — a host of " firsts " in world aviation events and , even more importantly , he was an outstanding navigator . |
| 15 | I was n't even on the board till later . |
| 16 | Rocastle was n't even on the subs bench . |
| 17 | But there were quite a few grumblings that Rocky was n't even on the bench . |
| 18 | He judged by the Bentley in the Angel 's courtyard , the Margaux that was n't even on the wine list and the deference verging on sycophancy that the headwaiter showed towards Bill Coleby . |
| 19 | It was n't even in a fridge or nothing — it was just pressed up against the window to keep it cold . |
| 20 | Now they had suddenly appeared and Mitchell was n't even in the country . |
| 21 | The results — reported in Microbytes Daily — demonstrate a growing interest in 32-bit operating systems : OS/2 more than doubled its vote , to 15% from 7% last autumn — but Windows NT , which was n't even in the poll last autumn , won 16% of the votes despite the fact that most of the respondents have likely scarcely seen it . |
| 22 | The poor little mare was n't even in the running then was she ? |
| 23 | In fact , he was n't even in the room at the moment , thank goodness , and Bill was absorbed in conversation . |
| 24 | ‘ He was n't even in the club on the days of the murders , ’ said Pooley morosely . |
| 25 | He was n't even in the car . |
| 26 | You could n't say he lost by a short head — he was n't even in the frame ! |
| 27 | It was n't even near the bank where the holes were . |