Example sentences of "it was [not/n't] [art] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No ; it was the romance of the whole thing that was getting to her ; after all , it was n't every day you were whisked away on a white charger … well , a modern car made a good substitute . |
| 2 | It was n't every day she got such a good-looking patient . |
| 3 | ‘ Thanks , although I suppose I ought to be thankful it was n't a kiwi you likened me to . ’ |
| 4 | " If it was n't a pill I could almost be certain of a taste and an odour of liver and bacon , and probably some onions . |
| 5 | It was n't a word she had used very often before . |
| 6 | The toilet was er at the back of what we used to call the brew house it was n't a kitchen it was a brew house , and er the , the toilet was at the back of the brew house adjacent to the old ash pit , which was an ash pit in those days it was filled up and when it was filled , they used to come at night and empty the ash pit wheel up the entry it might be there for three or four months and you got flies , bluebottles all sorts in the hot weather you know , I could n't try my shoes on sometimes , but er it was a bit , well I suppose in those days they used to take it for granted , it was a bit primitive it was n't the best five houses in the area , but er |
| 7 | ‘ It was n't a decision we agonised over , it was made on the hoof at about 10 o'clock at night . |
| 8 | It was n't a Ford it was Japanese |
| 9 | Of course this might be the brother , but it was n't a question he felt like asking . |
| 10 | She did n't think he would actually throw back his covers in her presence , but it was n't a risk she was about to take . |
| 11 | it 's in first Corinthians , it talks about for , I think I 'm in a vision of the third heaven , which was actually a vision , it was n't a reality it 's like a revelation was a vision , I do n't think it was the reality of heaven was it ? |
| 12 | And it was n't a lot you see . |
| 13 | And they went back and they bought this really big house , well it was n't a house it was a shell . |
| 14 | Somehow , it was n't a house she wanted to go into . |
| 15 | It was n't a job he enjoyed . |
| 16 | It was n't a statement she was used to making , or having questioned . |
| 17 | It was n't a sound I ever remembered him having made , but certain things about it made me think it came from Quigley . |
| 18 | It was n't a role he was particularly keen on — he 'd rather have been a pilot . |
| 19 | And it was n't no good it . |
| 20 | No , it was n't an Escort he had out there the other day was it ? |
| 21 | That it 's not the language felt uncomfortable because erm it was n't an expression you would normally use . |
| 22 | ‘ But it was n't the sort of business the family company had grown up with , and it was n't the direction it wanted to go . |
| 23 | She leaned heavily on the word ‘ both ’ and Gina knew it was n't the puppy she meant . |
| 24 | No well it was n't the scheme he worked on , he would go round and sort your cooker or you know he was that , maintenance , the maintenance side . |
| 25 | It 's alright it was n't the vet it was your grandmother . |
| 26 | ‘ It was n't the litigation we would lose that was the problem , ’ he said at the time . |
| 27 | It was n't the question she had meant to ask . |
| 28 | ‘ Oh , it was n't the case I was worried about . |
| 29 | But I have to say that at that time I still did n't know , I had a good idea , that it was n't the man we were looking for but therefore he was still arrested and he was arrested on sus well for harbouring an escapee . |
| 30 | It was n't the sound she had heard before but something quite different . |