Example sentences of "it [was/were] not [adv] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean it were n't so bad for us because we were dancing but Gordon does n't er dance , you know , so |
| 2 | The conditions of engagement show that the valuer accepts liability in tort to the borrower and the society but this has no additional consequence where the valuer is liable to the society under his contract of employment and the society would be vicariously liable to the borrower for the valuer 's negligence if it were not already liable to the borrower under a contract . |
| 3 | The Governor , Sir David Wilson , has argued for a general ‘ right of entry ’ to Britain — though such a ‘ right ’ could not be of much value if it were not ordinarily convertible into full citizenship . |
| 4 | Well it was n't too bad , it were not too bad from the , the firm that I oper I worked from . |
| 5 | If it were not so false in the first place , I would agree with you . |
| 6 | She half mouthed the word , as though it were not quite suitable for a polite tea-table . |
| 7 | It was n't exactly warm inside Whitely and many of them were dressed only in shorts . |
| 8 | It was n't immediately evident from some camps whether the idea was to continue in a serious vein of rugby competition or subject themselves to the physical demands of the concentrated social calendar . |
| 9 | ‘ It was n't immediately obvious to me , ’ Jenna said demurely , and he grinned down at her before looking seriously into her eyes . |
| 10 | Do you think anyone will believe it was n't just more of the same ? ’ |
| 11 | It was n't really much of a piano : |
| 12 | They were for the entertainment of the workers in their lunch break er , it was n't really much of a job but er , I kept applying to go onto the floor to actually work on the aircraft but they , they would n't sort of er , I was needed too much in the receiving departments so in the end I left . |
| 13 | He cringed from that single revelation of himself and of his motive , even while knowing it was n't really true to his nature , that the instance had come , gone and never would return . |
| 14 | It was n't always available like it is now . |
| 15 | Of course it was n't quite pandering with Adam . |
| 16 | Digital Equipment Corp now believes COSE really wants it to join , something it was n't quite sure about a few weeks ago . |
| 17 | Well , she said it was n't quite ready for inspection , but I have seen some work that is in progress that is now very much in her own style : some night forest scenes that are very striking , one very calm , two very anguished . |
| 18 | The first outing of the season against a well rehearsed Cradley Heath , showed the potential of the new line up , but it was n't quite alright on the night . |
| 19 | ‘ It was n't much good as a sanctuary , either , ’ Brenner said with an odd cackle . |
| 20 | ‘ Quite honestly — it was n't much cooler in the park . |
| 21 | " It was n't that clever of me . " |
| 22 | It was n't only due to the harsh words they had exchanged over Ryan ; she found it hard to write naturally because of the lie she was enacting . |
| 23 | That it was n't too late for her to take to her daughter . |
| 24 | No , it was n't too taxing on the old brain . |
| 25 | It was n't too hot at first , but after getting rid of certain actors it really has improved . |
| 26 | Oh yeah there was lots of foreigners , Americans and foreign people there all with maps out on the tables , trying to find their way round York , which I knew that Stuart knew so it was n't too bad for us , but there 's loads of people , you know thought how do we get to this from here and well it 's certainly a a an experience . |
| 27 | Well , i it was n't too bad at all , they the tailor 's shop actually , it was er a tailor and his wife , who had built up a business over the years , in Stapleford , and it was very well patronized by Stapleford people . |
| 28 | It was n't too bad in the quarry with its great walls of rock . |
| 29 | So , anyway , I hope it was n't too distracting for him , and that he was able to pick out , erm , the information that he wanted . |
| 30 | I should have thought it was n't too difficult for other people to get the details right occasionally . |