Example sentences of "[pers pn] [coord] [was/were] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | I were I were but I and were n't I Bet ? |
| 2 | The parents were delighted that the decision was theirs and was not imposed on them by others . |
| 3 | On one or two occasions they did manage to meet alone , but Stapleton followed them and was not pleased to see them together . |
| 4 | The nonconformists noted that he did not unchurch them but were not happy with his plea that they recognize bishops to be essential to the Church . |
| 5 | Mr Colley said he had read papers which suggested there was a link between them but was not able to confirm there was anything in the theory . |
| 6 | The information was n't either was n't available to him or was not understood by him and he was n't able to interpret it for the board . |
| 7 | as if the children had n't heard her or were not aware of her presence , they all ran back towards the side of the house , and there they stood as a group , staring at the man with the short legs and the girl with hair that looked almost white , walking towards their mother . |
| 8 | However , the Chartists did not receive any public support from him and were not conscious of his attitude ; so that George Julian Harney wrote on Wordsworth 's death : ‘ We are not impressed with any heavy sense of sorrow … . |
| 9 | Mr Upham , 45 , was at Labour 's campaign headquarters when police broke the news to him and was not expected to be at last night 's count . |
| 10 | Lawton suspected nothing , merely practised caution because it was trained into him and was not an instinct . |
| 11 | I knew she had no morals to speak of and would go out with anyone who had the price of a couple of drinks on him and was n't too fussy about where he spent the night , and I thought these facts would surely be obvious to any casual passer-by . |
| 12 | Her own sense of failure was projected into others in order to ward off a depression about herself which finally overwhelmed her and was not to lift for some years . |
| 13 | He had seen very little of her and was not at all interested in her . |
| 14 | It was curiously sexual this feeling , exactly the way he had once or twice felt with a girl he was mad to make love to and who he thought would let him but was not quite sure , not absolutely sure . |
| 15 | Miss Logan , who would complaisantly allow the Bible to be read to her but was not diligent in turning the pages herself , exhibited a momentary confusion . |
| 16 | For instance the , the doctors in the hospitals had a lot of work because people rushed into jogging who were n't fit for it or were n't doing it with the right conditions . |
| 17 | I did n't understand it or share it and was n't part of it . |
| 18 | He knew where his vote would go , expected no good to come of it and was n't worried . |
| 19 | I had great pleasure in seeing that extension and I would be surprised if the hon. Gentleman had not visited it and was not looking forward to its opening . |
| 20 | The day had a shadow in it and waS not living up to its promise . |
| 21 | It is worth repeating that it stripped for ever from folklore the idea that British Rail was wholly independent and could do what it liked , that the Government had no connection with it and were not concerned in the day-to-day running of its affairs , and that there was a chasm between British Rail and the Government . |
| 22 | Richard Muddle , Wolverhampton managing director , said : ‘ The horses were struggling on it and were not happy with the undulations . |
| 23 | so she says they were getting it but were n't watching it till eight . |