Example sentences of "[noun prp] [conj] [pron] [was/were] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | But one look at the lacklustre picture presented by the normally spirited Harriet convinced Meredith that she was not even aware the protesters were there , let alone that she had approached so close . |
| 2 | The appellant , in evidence during the trial , had insisted that he had made it clear to Mr. Burt that he was not a fully qualified accountant , although he had passed some examinations . |
| 3 | It soon became apparent to Edward that they were not en route for Westminster . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , Seton and his lieutenants , watching from the parapet of the main North Gate , decided that a warning salvo would do no harm , and show Edward that they were not all like the Earl of Dunbar . |
| 5 | Christopher Trickie and his Wife … told Mogg that the French people had taken the plan of their House , and that They had also taken the plan of all the places round that part of the Country , that a Brook runs in the front of Trickie 's House and the French people inquired of Trickie wether the Brook was Navigable to the Sea , and upon being informed by Trickie that It was not , they were afterwards seen examining the Brook quite down to the Sea . |
| 6 | Curtis was at that time Assistant Colonial Secretary of the Transvaal and he was not motivated in what he did by any particular animus towards Indians . |
| 7 | judgement was in favour of Aston Villa and it was not until fifty years later that a fresh legal challenge over contract terms was made , by George Eastham against Newcastle United . |
| 8 | She did n't mean — I think — that Richard and I were not kind to her , only that she did not ‘ come first ’ with either of us , and she was a woman who needed to be made much of and fussed over . |
| 9 | I agree with the hon. Gentleman about the potential causes of instability , but that was not the subject of our discussion last Friday and it was not discussed other than in the margins of the meeting . |
| 10 | It seemed that Ellen and I were not the only ones to take such a precaution , for late that night Jackson Chatterton lumbered on deck with a bottle in one huge hand . |
| 11 | Hawaii was of the United States but it was not in it . |
| 12 | The abuse of Artemesia has continued till today because as recently as 1977 many of her paintings including Suzannah and the Elders had been attributed to her father ( a painter who was a close friend of Caravaggio since it was not uncommon for a male member of the family or tutor to take credit for any talent shown by a woman under their ’ guidance ’ . |
| 13 | He had completed a first draft by July 1941 , but he told Hayward that he was not pleased with the result because he was over-conscious of what he was attempting to do : " he was always aware of this problem in his work , and it had effectively led him to abandon much of the poetry he had been writing in his Harvard years . |
| 14 | At the end of the prosecution case , counsel for Paul Magee ( 42 ) and Michael O'Brien ( 32 ) told Mr Justice Laws that they were not calling any evidence . |
| 15 | Neither Mrs Longhill nor Mrs Peterson understood what was wrong with Ruth and it was not until half-past five next morning , when the doctor at last arrived , that a name was put to it . |
| 16 | Harry Fry , John Ross and Jimmy Rutherford , ordinary Scots who went off to fight for a cause in Spain and who were not to return . |
| 17 | ‘ I played in the friendlies against Wolves and Peterborough but I was not really fit enough , and still felt tired , but that was hardly surprising as these were my first two games . |
| 18 | In the following years many proposals were made for the construction of a railway between Welshpool and Llanfair Caereinion but it was not until 1898 that a company was formed to build the present line and the then Earl of Powis became its Chairman , an office which he held until the grouping in 1922 . |
| 19 | I did in December but it was not relative to any of the specifications it was simply to try and ascertain how long the contract was was still live , to find out get this guy |
| 20 | The Macrory review considered the existing proposals for reshaping local government in Northern Ireland but they were not limited to these in making their recommendations . |
| 21 | ‘ I should explain that Matt and I were not lovers in the accepted sense ; we were friends — good friends , we 'd known each other from childhood so we had a lot in common . |
| 22 | The next station should have been Mornington Crescent but it was not . |
| 23 | There was a letter from Newton but he was not in the mood to read it . |
| 24 | Sandison desperately wanted to meet Elisa Stasi but he was not prepared to risk his life doing it . |
| 25 | On 13 November Colonel Durand learned from Wade that he was not coming to the relief of Carlisle since the roads through Yorkshire were inadequate for his artillery . |
| 26 | The text and supporting graphics of animals in this book were designed to educate , though the ordering was chosen by Bewick so it was not without bias . |
| 27 | The centurion sent word to Jesus that it was not necessary for him to come in person . |
| 28 | That , my Lord , the matter moves on to the fifteenth of October on which day er the plaintiff together with Mr attended Richmond Magistrates Court and obtained a protection order from the justices in relation to the premises and then on the sixteenth of October erm this was the day when things started to go very badly wrong for the plaintiff because Mr by now had returned from his holiday and come back cautiously , he apparently attended after his holiday and on this day Mr was told that , by Mrs that it was not possible to proceed with the financial er dealings that had been agreed between them unless the Frinton property was offered as security . |
| 29 | His name was not Albert McKillop and he was not Elsie 's brother . |
| 30 | The topic lasted them all the way back to the Campo San Maurizio and it was not until they were climbing the stairs up to their respective rooms that he let himself say : |