Example sentences of "were [not/n't] even [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The children were not even at the back of the house away from the road . |
| 2 | The Barnet crisis dominated yesterday 's meeting although their problems were not even on the agenda . |
| 3 | Essential services like housing and transport were not even on the drawing board . |
| 4 | The two fresh contenders of greatest interest , if only because they were not even in the side when Scotland trounced Ireland at Murrayfield , are Peter Clohessy on the tight-head — a player who incurred the wrath of Australia 's Bob Dwyer but who was held to have made quite an impact on the Lions ' top brass versus Wales — and the young stand-off , Eric Ellwood . |
| 5 | These are comments about young people which were spoken with a tenor of near hatred at a meeting of a council committee when young people were n't even on the agenda . |
| 6 | And suppose I did get through all they 'd say is it 's nothing to do with them they were n't even in the Company at that time — and how many of them were ? ’ |
| 7 | Poor old Fabian and Spilsbury were n't even in the running where Caitlin was concerned . |
| 8 | ‘ They were n't even around the kitchen . ’ |
| 9 | Batts and Dorigo were nt even on the bench for England , Speed was a sub for Wales ( cos they wanted to play sweeper … |