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 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He promised scouting work if ever I was not needed by Manchester City . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Now I was n't coming I was n't a refugee from anything except unemployment . |
| 16 | ‘ Even today I was n't presuming that I had been chosen . ’ |
| 17 | well I was not lost but and then this afterno , it 's quite dif |
| 18 | Well I was n't taking the piss out of you , I might have told her . |
| 19 | ‘ You know perfectly well I was n't trying to abduct her ! |
| 20 | No well I was n't accusing you Steve . |
| 21 | Well I was n't thinking straight there . |
| 22 | is erm Well I was n't gon na say that |
| 23 | Yeah well I was n't gon na leave him here was I ? |
| 24 | Well I was n't rolling on the floor , the cat was . |
| 25 | No , well I was n't planning on to you know , , I was n't planning on to do everything I was n't planning to use it on |
| 26 | Well I was n't going to change direction — why should I ? |
| 27 | Well I was n't going to have any bread if we 're having potatoes as well . |
| 28 | A couple of years ago I was n't bothered who knew . |
| 29 | Unfortunately I was n't blessed with that . |
| 30 | Fortunately I was n't expecting to be lecturing , but er , |