Example sentences of "[verb] it was [not/n't] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When conversions occurred it was not Peter who was involved in baptising but his team ( Acts 10:48 ) . |
| 2 | We could see it was n't gold , mind you , but it was quite a thing , all the same . |
| 3 | ‘ But we know it was n't ice , ’ said Zona Phillips , who founded ‘ Families for Truth about Gander ’ . |
| 4 | Now we know it was n't John Campbell was at the reiving ? ’ |
| 5 | Shut up said Catherine shortly , we know it was n't Daryl or Alicia because they say so . |
| 6 | I began to wish it was n't Martinho who was my partner in this deadly game of doubles . |
| 7 | Mr Schabort said : ‘ At first they seemed quite eager but then I received a letter saying it was not council policy to meet with South African officials . |
| 8 | Suppose it was not Tuesday that the train ran . |
| 9 | Cos somebody might take it was n't money I sent anyway , just an order form |
| 10 | Now as to what type of person came into this field and from where I can only guess , but I believe it was not people from the very close area although they would have lived in the vicinity . |
| 11 | And let us be quite clear that the fact that any particular system does n't go on for ever does n't mean it was n't God 's will when it came in . |
| 12 | The breath hissed from her when she saw it was n't April . |
| 13 | He 's had his hands full with other matters , and so have I. No , I doubt it was not Llewelyn . |
| 14 | But as soon as I saw that little boy I knew it was n't Ben . |
| 15 | That 's how she knew it was n't Vera . |
| 16 | Now , coiled here , she thought it was not Phoebe 's fault , it was the dullness of being an adult ; it was the natural flavour of the world once one had said goodbye to childhood . |
| 17 | This time she announced it was n't Mrs Brown 's four calling birds three French hens two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree she had been five gold rings . |
| 18 | Then SHe realised it was n't hir Nathan was frightened of . |
| 19 | I thought it did show up , but I mean it was n't part of it 's a natural part of |
| 20 | All the same he rather hoped it was n't coley , suitable Lenten fare though it might be . |
| 21 | Dionne said it was n't love , but who 's counting ? |
| 22 | Somebody said it was n't cricket , old boy . |
| 23 | However , a spokesman said it was not police policy to discuss the occupation of people helping with inquiries . |
| 24 | Among those thus summoned it was not men who predominated but " maidens , youths / Mothers and little children , boys and girls " . |
| 25 | Captain Tony Adams had promised Arsenal were ready ‘ to give some unlucky team a tonking ’ , and only the woodwork and some slack second-half finishing ensured it was n't Coventry , although their unbeaten away record was comprehensively shredded . |
| 26 | But the actual answer you got was n't raising it was n't point three recurring , it was point nought three . |