Example sentences of "[subord] they [was/were] n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Flameback ’ and N. nigricans were introduced into one of my quieter Malawi tanks where they were n't likely to be harassed . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He would rather have stayed in the open , where they were n't searching for him , but he had to return to the gatehouse . |
| 5 | Except they were n't . |
| 6 | Rebecca Friar and Elspeth Keith were just like sisters although they were n't . |
| 7 | And although they were n't allowed to sell them for money , people could give them objects , could give them things like coffee and things like that |
| 8 | Around the same time the first desktop publishing programs , although they were n't called that , were beginning to emerge on Unix-based engines like the Sun and Apollo . |
| 9 | ‘ My first pair of high heels , ’ said Jane , proudly , because although they were n't very high , it sounded grown-up . |
| 10 | Er , we had a good look at , at the figures , although they were n't totally finalized we had a pretty good understanding of the situation and I think it is highly unlikely that we would er , seek to re-open any negotiations . |
| 11 | Rather than being concerned with the minor details being elaborated into a more complex picture , they were just interested in how we come to group erm features together for want of a although they were n't thinking about them as features . |
| 12 | But there was ground fire , although they were n't firing at us . |
| 13 | He thought contemptuously : " So they were n't marble after all . " |
| 14 | But the nights there gave me an idea later for a psychedelic light show , so they were n't all waste . |
| 15 | But none of his encounters seemed to be convivial , so they were n't calling for drinks while he was there . |
| 16 | And very often the people would n't pay the rent for them you see , so they were n't very happy were n't the people u losing the pool table , but the owner was saying Sorry you 're not paying your rent enough , we 're not getting enough out of the machine , I want it back . |
| 17 | So it might disturb their neighbourhood , you know , so they were n't very impressed with his ideas . |
| 18 | A little while ago children were expected to be down in the mines and underneath textile machinery , so they were n't actually treated as children , they were erm wager earners at a very low age , as soon as they could be walking they were doing a job , so I feel that we 're all children in fact , there is no great division between being a child and being an adult , and we in fact ca n't always cope with what 's happening and the shocks infect . |
| 19 | He highlighted the different approaches being made by the regions , putting sufficient emphasis on the distinctions and duplications to enable the assembled company to draw their own conclusions : namely , that the international business was getting too big for the regions to handle , and that the variations would lead to unnecessary proliferation if they were n't effectively controlled and directed by Detroit . |
| 20 | You see art that 's created by people who are killing themselves making it , and I always wonder how it would turn out if they were n't doing that . |
| 21 | Who is essential is for the organisers to decide , but the ‘ non-essentials ’ who sit on platforms are basically either ignorant of the art of presentation or disdainful of it — if they were n't they would n't be there . |
| 22 | There had already been a kerfuffle over the pornographic ones ; they could n't be included in the facsimile edition and yet at the same time it could hardly be called a complete edition if they were n't there . |
| 23 | Lord Marshall had once said about the old Magnox stations that , even if they were n't economic now , there would still be ‘ jam tomorrow ’ . |
| 24 | I asked them if they were n't several billion years too late . |
| 25 | In any case if they were n't in after three rings I was giving up . |
| 26 | The Jungle Book was not mentioned again by any of them , as if they were n't ready to see me as an actor but preferred me in my old role as a useless boy . |
| 27 | Would they bother with our small news-sheet if they were n't running scared ? |
| 28 | How lucky they were , she thought ; secure in each other 's affection and presumably fortified in increasing age by the certainty that if they were n't granted the grace of death on the same day there would be no lasting separation . |
| 29 | Obviously , I wanted to ensure he could n't claim them if they were n't his . |
| 30 | If they were n't sure , they why not select certain games only or certain areas of one country and then see what happened ? |