Example sentences of "[coord] [conj] [pers pn] were not [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told him that we were n't eating and that we were n't paying the rent — almost destitute . |
| 2 | From the planet 's surface you might think there is an eastward force , but there is n't , and if you were not rotating with the planet then this would be obvious . |
| 3 | Oh I think there 's no doubt about that and also their their their wages were low in the beginning you know and and their their their hard work that they 've put into it for the last you know I mean it had it I mean David Price says at the best of times is not easy to run a quarry you know you know and they they ha all work in a quarry so it had to be a cooperation and you know the management said you come up with us and and they were n't complaining actually about the wages it was quite good wages for . |
| 4 | And when they were n't trashing each other , they were trashing themselves . |
| 5 | The break lasted twenty minutes ; but it was not a complete break for the horseman for he was still in charge of the horses ; and as they were not feeding they sometimes got restless , especially in the summer-time when the flies worried them and sometimes caused a horse to get his foot over a trace . |
| 6 | I mean it 's only fair it 's not we 're not talking about huge wages but for Gwynedd which is a low wage area they were reasonable and they worked for them too you know but but they were n't complaining about the money so much as the principle . |