Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [coord] not [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She may experience a crisis of disbelief in her religious faith , or direct her anger towards the medical or nursing staff who cared for her husband , for failing to save his life ; or she may blame family or friends and have feelings of guilt and anger against herself for things that were done or not done during his lifetime . |
| 2 | The Christians , because of the Jewish origin of their religion , at first adhered to the Jewish seven-day week in which the days , except the Sabbath , were numbered but not named . |
| 3 | Two men were arrested but not brought to trial . |
| 4 | He proposed independent solutions to the current problems of generation and becoming , individuation , universals , the nature of the soul , and immaterial intelligences , which were influenced but not dominated by Grosseteste 's ideas . |
| 5 | Other Forum activities were started but not brought to significant conclusions . |
| 6 | Oxford were beaten but not broken … and president Matthew Pinsent showed the true mark of a sportsman as he faced defeat … |