Example sentences of "it was not [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I opened the front door , and the merest sniff — choking and sulphuric — told me that a chimney was on fire , and it was n't ours . |
| 2 | In the city , for example , there was the thought that it was n't ours , it was just there to be exploited . |
| 3 | Bet it was n't ours was it ? |
| 4 | It was n't ours . |
| 5 | there was n't it was n't ours . |
| 6 | I was keen to give it a go because Leicester are one of the top clubs , and so it was n't something I could refuse , was it ? |
| 7 | Our music was really ‘ out there ’ , but it was n't something you could stuff down people 's throats ; you had to really want to hear a lot of guitar if you wanted to listen to our records ! ’ |
| 8 | I tried to explain that you either had the vibe or you did n't , it was n't something that I could explain . ’ |
| 9 | Erm and that that was very disturbing , not many people knew about that letter , and certainly it was n't something that the that the probation staff who saw it , erm told anybody about . |
| 10 | It was n't something that he 'd intended , but it was n't something he could help . |
| 11 | It was n't something that he 'd intended , but it was n't something he could help . |
| 12 | But it was n't something that seemed to worry Belov . |
| 13 | Not that it meant very much , because when you thought about it it was n't something really to celebrate but today , June 28th , was his birthday . |
| 14 | She stirred against him , and he mistook it for something like the small movements of a child asleep , and smiled down at her through the slow current of perfume rising from her black , turmoiled hair ; but she was awake and brought her head up , drawing away from him a little , looking at him , so that he had to hide his smile quickly , because it was n't something he had meant her to see . |
| 15 | It was n't something she 'd consciously considered before , just buried the memory along with all the others , but , thinking about it now , she knew he was right . |
| 16 | ‘ It was n't something either of us expected , perhaps … ’ |
| 17 | Even if he had been a screaming queen , he thought , it was n't something he was bound to mention on the application form for a boy 's public school . |
| 18 | It was n't yesterday 's experience , it was n't yesteryear , it was n't something just that happened twenty , thirty , fifty years ago , it 's something , Paul says , that should be happening today ! |
| 19 | It had been clear from the conversation that it was n't something that concerned the gallery , but her personally . |
| 20 | She liked the cottage as much as he did , it cast its own peculiar spell , but it was n't something out of Grimm . |
| 21 | It was n't something that the child automatically got |
| 22 | And therefore in a sense , it might be down to departmental management that it was n't something that the suggestion system should encompass . |
| 23 | I think they were surprised when I threw up ; I hope they were , I hope they were surprised and very interested and thought , 'Ullo 'ullo 'ullo it was n't 'im then after all ; he ai n't the villain , he 's been fitted up so help me … |
| 24 | " It was n't we who wounded Holly , " said Speedwell . |
| 25 | It was n't we were right against the window , cold backs , I mean we were I was freezing ! |
| 26 | With this kind of budget you do n't have to ask whether the Catering Branch are doing a good , professional job — if it was n't they would be having to organise domestic famine relief drops ! |
| 27 | You see the Italians when they vote in that referendum , I 've discussed it with quite a few cousins at the time , it was n't they 're exactly |
| 28 | It was n't they took three hundred people the last time and now he 's talking about three hundred . |
| 29 | It was n't Her , was it ? |
| 30 | She was a bit troublesome to me to begin with but I soon cottoned on to the fact that it was n't her but the girl she was sitting next to within the class . |