Example sentences of "[pron] were not [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wrote : I thought it would be less embarrassing for the children if I were not here . |
| 2 | Almost as if I were not there … |
| 3 | If I were not so big my mother would place me across her knee and spank me . |
| 4 | What he would do if I were n't here to look after him , I 'm sure I do n't know . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ If I were n't here what would you have had for dinner ? ’ |
| 6 | Then I 'll dump by bag or listen if it even if I were n't here would you have anything to do ? |
| 7 | She wants to believe that , if I were n't around , everything would be all right between them . ’ |
| 8 | They had spoken as if I were n't there , which in a way I was n't , as other passengers were moving round me , all asking the same questions . |
| 9 | Mm , cos mum had Reverend come round , you see cos dad were n't , none of us were religious least of all dad , he could n't do none of it , so we said to , we did n't , we did n't know what vicar to choose cos none of us go to church so me mum said dad used to go to the church where me sister got married to the little Derby and Jones twice a week and Reverend is always there so mum said we 'll have him , dad got on well with him , he liked him , he knew dad , anyway he come round to see mum and I were n't there cos I had to go and sign on , I bloody wished I had been , anyway she said , she told him all about dad and she said I want you tell everybody how brave he was in the war and what a good father he were and a good provider and how he lived for his grandchildren and so on and so on , she said I do n't want no hymns I just want his own organ music all through the service and nothing else and just some , do a couple of prayers , she , so he said right the Lords Prayer will be fine that 'll be nice , well he never said nothing , he said I did n't know John but he said I 've been told he was a good man , he worked in a hospital , which he did , but I mean you 're only like an engineer we were n't really emphasising on that and that was all he said , he played a bit of the organ music before we went in , a bit as we come out and there was about eight bloody prayers and the songs and everything read out and made us sing a hymn ever so disappointed , hardly said anything , hardly play , played his music , no , I was well disappointed about that |
| 10 | No , I were n't , I were n't there . |
| 11 | Why I were n't there Sunday . |
| 12 | I 'm glad I were n't there |
| 13 | she 's , she was walking with Lisa and I were n't there and her Mum sh jus , like she muc , she mucks about a lot and she told Leigh that if he do n't serve her he 's gon na die , she 's gon na punch him right ! |
| 14 | Obviously Ted and I were n't always around to scrutinize the intricate excitements of this new love , especially as Dad and Eva spent many evenings over the river in London proper , going to the theatre to see controversial plays , to German films or to lectures by Marxists , and to high-class parties . |
| 15 | Happen mum could tell you more cos I were n't bloody interested in that . |
| 16 | And that happened each day till Thursday and then , by then , you were delivering what had come back from the Monday , hoping that when you delivered , and collected the money of course , that you might get something else tt , which I were n't too bad a salesman really . |
| 17 | and I , I always felt if we have a change onto this er new system of er , of these quilts , I , I you know , I were n't too sure , but once you 've changed I do n't think you 'd ever want to go back because in winter time when it 's a bit cooler and you put more blanket on to keep warmer and then it becomes heavy |
| 18 | Course , I were ba I were n't very well yesterday so I said I 'm not very well , but I had pains as well , back pain and all all |
| 19 | I were n't very good I 'm afraid |
| 20 | back up I were n't only |
| 21 | I took Gabriel into myself and loved him more than myself and maybe you 're right and I just ca n't let him go , but it 's not like that , Philippa , I swear it , it 's something else , a force — something wonderful if only I were n't so alone with it , something terrible unless I learn to understand it . |
| 22 | If only I were n't so tired … |
| 23 | I 'd be proud of you if I were n't so grateful . ’ |
| 24 | Oh baby , if I were n't so trammelled , would I ever like to rev up and give this little sweetheart one cosmic klop on the jaw . |
| 25 | ‘ I wish I were n't so far away from her . ’ |
| 26 | I did n't go to thing , I were n't in . |
| 27 | And that , anyway , he then says er er er er he said , he said something like I were n't really listening . |
| 28 | Brian and I were n't entirely sure how to deal with the Yanks ' antagonisms . |
| 29 | ‘ And yours were n't earlier , I suppose ? ’ |
| 30 | Well , when we were doing the long-running series , Today 's History , it seemed perfectly sensible to do a programme about women 's history , along with a number of other things which were n't adequately covered . |