Example sentences of "[coord] they [was/were] certainly not " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they were not successful ( Queen Wilhelmina and the government escaped ) and they were certainly not disguised as servant girls . |
| 2 | The possible implications of this last remark struck Desmond himself as he was making it , and they were certainly not lost on Viola , who compressed her lips together grimly . |
| 3 | Their reaction was loud and mixed , but they were certainly not uninterested . |
| 4 | Here I was wearing a shirt and an old pair of grey flannel trousers ; they were clean , for I had washed them , but they were certainly not suitable for calling on an ambassador . |
| 5 | These may have been farmsteads or hamlets , but they were certainly not large or extensive enough to be villages , whatever their status or internal arrangements . |