Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [was/were] [not/n't] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For three separate periods I have taken up quarters , each time for several weeks , where I was not known , and as a lodger have shared the lives of people … |
| 2 | Many were recovered from dark caves and rock crevices where they were not intended to be seen by mortal eyes . |
| 3 | Excluded from the political process in their newly adopted lands , where they were not allowed to vote , and anxious to ensure a higher standard of living in the New World than they had enjoyed at home , they were instrumental in the creation of early workers ' organisations and political parties in Latin America . |
| 4 | She could have throttled Geoffrey , wriggling in where he was n't wanted . |
| 5 | Twice , when he had run out of ideas , he had driven the little Triumph out of the district to a coffee shop where he was not known , and had sat drinking coffee and talking to the men next to him at the counter , surprised to find himself accepted as a member of the grown-up world . |
| 6 | An intelligent human would know enough not to go , um , where it was n't wanted , ’ said Nisodemus sourly . |
| 7 | Although I was n't brought up in the Jewish faith — my mother would n't hear of it — he still passed on to me all those standards that were part of his own upbringing and would never tolerate what he from time to time described as my ‘ unacceptable behaviour ’ . |
| 8 | But although I was not sent away , I still did not have a sex . |
| 9 | Unlike the Labour party and the Militant Tendency we tend not to have card-carrying women , but I can tell the hon. Lady , although I was not asked this question , that precisely 50 per cent . |
| 10 | Luckily , he had been well trained , and did not try to bite me , so I was not hurt . |
| 11 | They did n't like us touching the girls at school , so I was n't allowed . |
| 12 | I 'm not a card-carrying clown so I was n't admitted to the AGM , but a usually reliable source informs me that the main issues debated were amalgamation with the US-based World Clowns ' Federation — inevitable , I suppose , in the era of superunions — and charitable status . |
| 13 | ‘ Although she was not hurt she was naturally distressed and we are obviously concerned about the situation and need to find this man quickly . ’ |
| 14 | Mrs Hollidaye was not her next-of-kin so she was n't allowed to take Dot further than the main entrance where she handed her briskly over to the care of a nurse . |
| 15 | see , for the lights so you were n't allowed to put the lights on you see for the bombers . |
| 16 | ‘ So you was n't gone away long , the pair of you , was you ? ’ |
| 17 | There are proposals to link Valmorel 's skiing area to the Three Valleys , although we were n't given a definite timescale . |
| 18 | Although we were n't set any price limits , I decided to be realistic , and set myself a budget . |
| 19 | Mum had done lots of cooking beforehand so we were n't tied to the kitchen and could spend time doing other things and just sitting around chatting . |
| 20 | Southend 1 Ipswich 2 IPSWICH 'S inexorable progress towards the Premier League continues although they were not assured of their third successive victory until a minute before full-time . |
| 21 | Although they were not explored during the post-summit press conference , many additional items were discussed by Mr Bush and Mr Gorbachev , including the traditionally vexed question of Star Wars , the Strategic Defence Initiative . |
| 22 | Royal watchers said that during the first official engagement of the day the royal couple appeared to be in fairly good spirits , although they were not seen to talk to each other or exchange glances . |
| 23 | In the chapter on Smolensk guberniia it was noted how peasants were bludgeoned into hauling wood to engine fuel-dumps , although they were not paid for it . |
| 24 | Around the same time the first desktop publishing programs , although they were n't called that , were beginning to emerge on Unix-based engines like the Sun and Apollo . |
| 25 | And although they were n't allowed to sell them for money , people could give them objects , could give them things like coffee and things like that |
| 26 | No hostage was released , the excuse given by Ghorbanifar being that Iran did not really need the TOW missiles so they were not counted in the exchange deal . |
| 27 | She had just begun to settle into her neat flat , and although it was n't furnished expensively the few pieces she had were chosen with loving care . |
| 28 | This was the Temple that Jesus knew , although it was not completed until after his death in 64 AD . |
| 29 | For example , there was no real requirement to handle Training or Sickness and Absenteeism recording ( although it was not ruled out for the future ) . |
| 30 | She was made Head Girl and although it was not acknowledged by anyone in authority , she was already drinking too much . |