Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] were [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moon or summat were n't it ? |
| 2 | No , I thought she were giving them a pound and then taking change off them , she were getting change off them or summat were n't she . |
| 3 | ‘ He means , ’ said Rita , slowly , in her loud classroom voice , ‘ anyone could walk in as long as he or she were not carrying a package that did look suspicious . ’ |
| 4 | I mean they 're , they ended up about what were they , about fifth or something were n't they ? |
| 5 | for granddad or whatever it was or something were n't it ? |
| 6 | Turkey had n't finished last or something were n't it ? |
| 7 | Well that was Joe er Henry or something were n't it ? |
| 8 | Already in the first century AD , under the influence of Judaism , Roman Society had begun to introduce a weekly day of rest — unlike ancient Greece where there were not even any school holidays , except on special occasions such as days in honour of Apollo , Poseidon , etc . |
| 9 | Elsewhere , it was stressed that no one wished to interfere with the ‘ responsible and competent parent ’ , but where they were not so , ‘ action is needed either to reinforce the consciousness or replace the incompetency ’ . |
| 10 | They moved to cheaper hotels where they were not supposed to have food in their rooms but took it in turns to get breakfast and hide tiny stoves in the wardrobes while waving the cooking fumes out of the window . |
| 11 | Many were recovered from dark caves and rock crevices where they were not intended to be seen by mortal eyes . |
| 12 | These refusals were mainly from relatively high-status households , and where they were not categorical ( for example , people sometimes excused themselves on the grounds that they were too busy to be interviewed ) , were dealt with initially by a follow-up visit . |
| 13 | We estimate that 13206 ( 12% ) of the 114362 women were delivered at hospitals where they were not initially booked for delivery ( table I ) . |
| 14 | Excluded from the political process in their newly adopted lands , where they were not allowed to vote , and anxious to ensure a higher standard of living in the New World than they had enjoyed at home , they were instrumental in the creation of early workers ' organisations and political parties in Latin America . |
| 15 | 79/80 class lists are included with these notes where they were not personally collected on the 21st June . |
| 16 | ‘ Flameback ’ and N. nigricans were introduced into one of my quieter Malawi tanks where they were n't likely to be harassed . |
| 17 | One CSE Grade 1 is all he could muster from school , so , fired by the grim prospect of a factory job , he went to a college of further education where he gained four ‘ O ’ levels after a year and then took a job at a wholesale jewellers , where they were n't too optimistic about his chances of promotion . |
| 18 | She helped him push the motorbike combination over the cliffs into the sea , and drop the two dead men down a deep narrow crevice where they were n't likely to be discovered . |
| 19 | He would rather have stayed in the open , where they were n't searching for him , but he had to return to the gatehouse . |
| 20 | Or they were n't , or , you see the other important point here is that British Rail will be restructuring all the twenty five potential passenger franchises , they 're starting on this now |
| 21 | and peasant antagonism ought to have been greatest and therefore you on the face of it it seems surprising does n't it that land reforms did n't take place immediately , or they were n't attempting land reform to take place immediately . |
| 22 | I mean I did n't find any husbands going out and choosing lampshades , for instance , or they were n't particularly bothered about the colour of curtains . |
| 23 | Even in the nuclear family , women told me that certain jobs should never be done by a man , they were not Izzat wali kam ( i.e. jobs of honour ) or they were not manly , and predictably these tasks included almost all household chores . |
| 24 | D' ya know , I thought she said that I were n't coming |
| 25 | And I , and Ma , and I was saying about Ma , you know , Ma , happened to say Madge , you know , and er er , you know we said that th , that I were n't going out . |
| 26 | And that 's exactly what Frank said yesterday except you were n't here , of course … ’ |
| 27 | Merrill returned , wishing that she were n't quite so transparent . |
| 28 | and I wound her up so that she were n't too sure , do you know what I mean ? |
| 29 | ‘ We thought you would n't have been like you were in that interview unless you knew something that — that you were n't telling people . |
| 30 | Someone once said that you were n't much interested in politics except of the musical variety , of which you are a consummate master ; but you have been friendly with a number of leading politicians , including two British Prime Ministers . |