Example sentences of "[adv] i [was/were] [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Bits of broken glass showered over me but luckily I was n't injured . ’ |
| 2 | It 's you know and my pride was getting a little bit dented that I 'd been selling market for years suddenly I was n't doing this . |
| 3 | And er she Oh I was going to go Well I like the shop so much I was n't going to change . |
| 4 | During this time I began to realise that perhaps I was n't going to go home . |
| 5 | Perhaps I was not saying the name of the place correctly . |
| 6 | Oh I think an electric drill it was in the sixties so with the twenty five pounds off it brought it down a bit and I , I paid for it with one cheque so I was n't having it on the weekly er er it worked out I think Vicki gave some of it towards it . |
| 7 | So I was n't going straight at all , but rather crabwise . |
| 8 | so I was n't bothered , but it did n't go to the committee and now , afterwards when I |
| 9 | By the time of the Lancaster House talks , Mrs Thatcher was in power , and I had very few dealings with her , and so I was not invited to participate . |
| 10 | In fact as soon as I walked in I was n't allowed to go to my desk until I promised her I would get the computer out |
| 11 | I thought , if I was going to find a husband with prospects , maybe I should start right away I was n't getting any younger . |
| 12 | My strongest instinct was to call the whole thing off without delay ; the end result would be the same and anyway I was n't feeling very strong . |
| 13 | After all the ditches I 'd waded through I was n't going to be defeated now — and only a few yards ahead was the blessed sea . |
| 14 | Well it 's just erm ah I do n't know , I mean there 's there 's certain things I mean , it it 's like this maths I mean , I I spoke to her erm and she said yes Lee had come on and everything in his maths and I said we the thing is , I said , knowing Lee has difficulty in in th l in the high level maths , yes you do n't want to drop him , but surely I said I 'm willing to help in my spare time , Lee 's willing to do it and I said ca n't you show Lee I said I 'm not I was n't trying to tell her |
| 15 | He promised scouting work if ever I was not needed by Manchester City . |
| 16 | I should say at once I was not harbouring any weirdo Lawrentian notion that the lightning had zapped the little cow back to life the moment I left the turret ; for one thing there was the matter of missing parts . |
| 17 | For once I was not travelling along a public road and here I was thinking about falling and having a broken ankle and nobody knowing to look for me . |
| 18 | Whenever I was n't feeling well and had to slow down , everybody else slowed down . |
| 19 | I nearly stood on a grouse once , when we were walking up I was n't walking with you , it was when we were with the Footpath Society . |
| 20 | I nearly was n't gon na come tonight when I re , found out I was n't gon na Gary was n't coming to give us some like . |
| 21 | Barnett found out I was n't going to the course . |
| 22 | Now I was n't coming I was n't a refugee from anything except unemployment . |
| 23 | ‘ Even today I was n't presuming that I had been chosen . ’ |
| 24 | well I was not lost but and then this afterno , it 's quite dif |
| 25 | Well I was n't taking the piss out of you , I might have told her . |
| 26 | ‘ You know perfectly well I was n't trying to abduct her ! |
| 27 | No well I was n't accusing you Steve . |
| 28 | Well I was n't thinking straight there . |
| 29 | is erm Well I was n't gon na say that |
| 30 | Yeah well I was n't gon na leave him here was I ? |