Example sentences of "[pers pn] was not [verb] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Without meaning there is only suffering , and I was not going to leave it at that . |
| 2 | ‘ However , when I managed to make the break I was not going to give it away . ’ |
| 3 | I was desperately seeking some sort of reassurance , some sort of comeback from someone , but it soon became plain that I was not going to get it from her . |
| 4 | I was not allowed to comfort her . |
| 5 | I was not proposing to ask her about her relationship , or lack of it , with Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson , or to what degree she blamed them for the unexpected and , at the time , unwelcome change in her life . |
| 6 | ‘ I was n't expecting to see you again . ’ |
| 7 | I was n't expecting to hear you , that 's all . ’ |
| 8 | I do apo I was n't trying to put you as the bad boy on that end of the continual , I was n't Alan , I 'm |
| 9 | And I was n't trying to defend her . ’ |
| 10 | I was n't trying to seduce you ! ’ |
| 11 | ‘ You know perfectly well I was n't trying to abduct her ! |
| 12 | Well it 's just erm ah I do n't know , I mean there 's there 's certain things I mean , it it 's like this maths I mean , I I spoke to her erm and she said yes Lee had come on and everything in his maths and I said we the thing is , I said , knowing Lee has difficulty in in th l in the high level maths , yes you do n't want to drop him , but surely I said I 'm willing to help in my spare time , Lee 's willing to do it and I said ca n't you show Lee I said I 'm not I was n't trying to tell her |
| 13 | ‘ I was n't trying to cheat you … ’ |
| 14 | I was n't trying to get you in trouble . |
| 15 | ‘ But I was n't trying to interest him ! ’ |
| 16 | But I was n't allowed to take it with me when I left ; it was n't really mine at all . |
| 17 | I was n't allowed to visit him at Croisset . |
| 18 | I was n't meant to do it . . |
| 19 | I was n't meaning to suggest it was either good or bad I was to report it . |
| 20 | I stroked him , he gave me a big lick , and I could see relief sweep over him knowing I was n't going to hit him . ’ |
| 21 | He said , ‘ Yes , but I was n't going to hit him ’ . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I was n't going to hit you . ’ |
| 23 | That was quick , that five forty , I was trying to work it out out because I was n't going to cancel it that way , but that 's great . |
| 24 | ‘ She listened to me and said , ‘ I 'm sorry , darling , but I was n't going to do it for you . |
| 25 | Well , I was n't going to use it , was I ? |
| 26 | ‘ I have always gone to see her at Kensington Palace — well , I was n't going to see her in a railway siding , was I ? |
| 27 | I was n't going to turn her out with nowhere to go , you know , young lady — but perhaps it 's a bit hard on an old lady to go into a new place after living in the same cottage most of her life . |
| 28 | I was n't going to let her think I did n't know the jargon . |
| 29 | I was n't going to let her take Antoinette too . ’ |
| 30 | I was scared of them but I was n't going to let them get away so I gave them a good run for their money . |