Example sentences of "[noun pl] but [pron] [was/were] [not/n't] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conciliation and compromise were other important indigenous principles that carried official sanction in pre-British times but which were not accommodated by the formal institutions set up by the British . |
| 2 | They could n't tell you off for not turning off the lights but you were n't meant to be out of your dorm or even out of bed . |
| 3 | Francis said : ‘ We should have had a number of free-kicks in dangerous areas that could have produced things but they were n't given . ’ |
| 4 | You you you used to break windows but it was n't done like you see now people , kids s picking up bricks and just breaking a window for the sheer delight of it . |
| 5 | They may have been scared out of their wits as the mob moved towards their hotels but they were not harmed . |