Example sentences of "[adv] they [was/were] n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Apparently they were n't very helpful . |
| 2 | They should have flown north in March , but perhaps they were n't paying attention when the others left , maybe deep in conversation or looking the other way . |
| 3 | No one knows what these carved objects might have been for , so perhaps they were n't for anything , but a heartening prehistoric example of art for art 's sake . |
| 4 | She thought that it might be nice for Mother to be involved in the shop , but obviously they were n't going to listen to her . |
| 5 | I should , I said oh they int I said obviously they were n't there ! |
| 6 | When they were about twenty yards from the house , Jackie signalled them to crouch down behind a large bush covered in strange waxen blooms , like roses , only they were n't . |
| 7 | We were in this theatre watching The Crucible ( no great significance about that , the Sixth Form had tried out their exam text on us ) only they were n't on a stage , they were up on tight-ropes , and it was our job as audience to keep them up there , and we did that by holding our breaths . |
| 8 | As one residential worker remarked : ‘ I would n't mind if only they were n't adolescents . ’ |
| 9 | Their tangible presence passing over glazed tiles to where Francis had made his dive and they looked over , as the others had done , only they were n't laughing . |
| 10 | So they were n't switched off |
| 11 | What happened , people should have been paying in for ten years were suddenly taking out for ten years and these huge enormous sums and obviously the surplus which our members had helped to build up er and provide through the years and we 've got seventy-five year olds on you know , extremely low pensions hardly making ends meet , and there were vast sums of money being given away to the employees , that the employers took a contribution holiday and so they were n't paying into the fund either you know , and all the profits of B T as you all know were soaring and partially because of the use of the pension funds and this has greatly obviously erm upset our members and we feel very strongly about it . |
| 12 | so they were n't going , they were n't going anyway |
| 13 | So they were n't charging union rates and we got them relatively cheap . |
| 14 | so they were n't actually , what Mao is saying is exploitation is not actually exploitation it 's just the landlor landlords working in an economic way . |
| 15 | Still they were n't sure . |
| 16 | The older women were kindly souls , as maternal as their husbands were ruthless murderers , but honestly they were n't much fun for Mrs Goreng . |
| 17 | Clearly they both did and equally clearly they were n't going to help Wheeler out over this one . |
| 18 | Erm anonymous , my son joined the paras five years ago and he was bullied , and another anonymous person from Rugby , my two children were in the army and though they were n't bullied they did see horrific things happening to other lads . |
| 19 | Sorry , September and really they were n't bothered about selling at that time although they always said if the right offer comes along |
| 20 | They had a common feeling : not that they were necessarily agreeing with one another , because often they were n't . |
| 21 | Cos I mean presumably they were n't between eighteen fifty and nineteen fifty they were n't practising excessive birth control |
| 22 | Luckily they were n't very far from an inn which overlooked the river , and , although Juliet enjoyed her scampi and salad , she could n't help feeling restless , and impatient to get away . |
| 23 | Well they was n't the most unlucky . |
| 24 | Well they were n't York stone then were they ? |
| 25 | And er at that stage we tried the fire hydrants but I mean there was no water in the pumps the electric pumps there was no ele electric power 'cos the elec electric er generator was blown to bits , well they were n't working anyway . |
| 26 | Oh yeah , well they were n't good slaters as the , you know , but they did produce slate there , but they did n't they were n't good slaters the just that , well they make slate but . |
| 27 | so it was quite , and er then they , they , well they were n't learning very well at all |
| 28 | Well they were n't . |
| 29 | But even they were n't having anything to do with me any more , after I 'd definitely detected an edge of sarcasm in the person 's voice and lost my temper and started shouting and swearing . |
| 30 | He was in today they were n't |