Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] [was/were] [not/n't] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately in 1971 I was not protected from that most pernicious word by those inverted commas . |
| 2 | ‘ I was always sorry I was n't converted . |
| 3 | I am afraid I was not born to obey ! |
| 4 | While many hitherto disinterested onlookers could , perhaps , stomach the loss of several insect species ( even dragonflies and butterflies ) , there were few who were not moved by the prospect of extermination for a number of species of birds . |
| 5 | Some who were n't told were fooled . |
| 6 | But not for the Americans , nor the British who were not bombed heavily enough to prevent them from turning the experience into a basis for a cosy national myth . |
| 7 | ‘ Fashion Mad ’ , it was titled , and this one was not written by a celebrated style pundit , but by a previously unrecognised talent called Associated Press . |
| 8 | I go round at night to see that they are closed , and this one was n't shut . ’ |
| 9 | Hankin was promised an interview at the end of the season when the board made it clear he was not blamed for relegation . |
| 10 | In contrast , the News of the World itself covered eighteen cases in 1951 , thirty-five in 1961 and fifty-eight in 1971 which were not reported in the other four . |
| 11 | I thought it was just possible you were n't involved — given the area in which you live . ’ |
| 12 | I did n't hear what he shouted , but I was pretty lucky I was n't run over , cos to tell the truth I was n't really looking where I was going . |
| 13 | ‘ Lucky she was n't born on Christmas day , ’ said Emma . |
| 14 | told him that er seeing he 's on the sick he was n't allowed to go . |
| 15 | Scouse was seated in his armchair reading a paperback — a Western — oblivious to the flies and mosquitoes , and as I approached it was obvious he was not bothered in any way about the smell . |
| 16 | I 'm awfully sorry we were n't involved . |
| 17 | Angus McLaren 's study of the Lancashire textile workers , whose fertility was less than other working-class groups in the nineteenth century , suggests that many of the miscarriages which were reported , and many which were not reported , were probably the result of abortion achieved through the use of Epsom and Glauber salts or similar substances . |
| 18 | He told her some more , including complex words she could not follow and which she was sure she was not meant to . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm sure she was n't taken in for a moment about — about me . ’ |
| 20 | I asked , making sure we were not overheard by Les Girls . |
| 21 | We met in London briefly earlier this year and had to make sure we were n't seen in public together . ’ |
| 22 | I 'm sure we were n't seen , but I was pretty scared . ’ |
| 23 | I 'm sure they were n't meant to be there , but the solo probably felt so good that they decided the Ds were n't horrific enough to worry about . |
| 24 | He had tried the water taps to make sure they were n't frozen , unaware that the water he ran off was only that in the pipes . |
| 25 | He was making sure they were not exposed to any form of light source , however muted . |
| 26 | Even pensioners turned out , even though like under the 14s they were not allowed in to see the shows . |
| 27 | At around £5 per foot in 1964 it was not considered too expensive . |
| 28 | Yeah , yeah and they 're sort of grey , I 'm not sure if she got them in a charity , I 'm certainly sure it was n't bought in a shoe shop , cos she goes round every charity , she wo n't go in , you know I told you about that , oh I do n't know what it is , she said it 's loaded out with stuff and we 'll have to have a walk round there , erm , round by what was Kennedy 's , erm |
| 29 | He made sure he was not disturbed by putting on a red light outside his door — a signal to the staff that no-one should enter . |
| 30 | Are you sure he was n't killed in the war ? |