Example sentences of "i [was/were] [not/n't] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I , I were n't heard of him |
| 2 | But should n't I do better work if I were n't driven from pillar to post to supplement my salary ? |
| 3 | I believe her , I trust her and I was not bewitched by her green eyes , owing to the fact that I was on duty at the time . ’ |
| 4 | Mr Zivkovic replied : ‘ Are you saying I was not sent to my death ? ’ |
| 5 | I was not sent to school . |
| 6 | I was not dressed for climbing haystacks . |
| 7 | I was not invited to the press conference at which our Report was presented to the media . |
| 8 | ‘ I was not engaged to Sir Thomas , Inspector , ’ said Angelina patiently . |
| 9 | I could see from the diagram how the back of the work should look , what I was not prepared for was how the front of the work could look . |
| 10 | But I was not prepared for the raking over of academic arguments on defining poverty around when John Moore , then Secretary of State for Social Services , said poverty no longer existed . |
| 11 | With unfailing respect , may I ask why I was not called on the Yarrow statement ? |
| 12 | I was not called at Question Time , nor did I stand to ask a question . |
| 13 | I was not involved at all until the open meeting , which I attended and where I was pleased to have this opportunity to give my own personal views . |
| 14 | I was convinced of it , but I was not staked on it . |
| 15 | I was not condemned to the Guérignys ' life sentence . |
| 16 | I was not born to joy |
| 17 | Well it so happens I was not born in Nottingham , though my early memories are of Nottingham , right even from infant school , which er started at five years of age till about seven . |
| 18 | I was told that the new drug I was given was better than the one I had been previously taking and I was not warned about any side effects or told not to get pregnant . |
| 19 | I was told that the new drug I was given was better than the one I had been previously taking and I was not warned about any side effects or told not to get pregnant . |
| 20 | I was not trained in economics , and economic matters were sure to figure largely in the run-up to the election and in the years to come . |
| 21 | He persuaded them that I was not employed by the Government , explaining that I was under the Emperor 5 personal protection , which accounted for my escort of soldiers . |
| 22 | I was not consulted about membership of the Group , and with the exception of Dr Charles Suckling , a member of the Kingman Committee , I met the members for the first time when we assembled in London for our opening working session . |
| 23 | I was not made for this , my Lord , my shepherd . |
| 24 | I was not left in ignorance long . |
| 25 | Its city centre has many more pedestrian areas than Liverpool yet the great difference is that I was not surrounded by litter and street traders ' stalls unlike Liverpool ( or should I say Litterpool ) . |
| 26 | ‘ I was not attached by anything other than sheer terror . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I was not caught with anything . |
| 28 | He promised scouting work if ever I was not needed by Manchester City . |
| 29 | ‘ I said I was not experienced with Englishmen . |
| 30 | ‘ Last time we were here , ’ Athelstan quipped , ‘ you warned me , Sir John , not to open my mouth and say things I was not bidden to . |