Example sentences of "but [pron] were [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | but I were n't sure where , I think it were last week it were gon na be |
| 2 | Yeah I know but I were n't gon na give it you . |
| 3 | sort of , but I were n't coughing all night like that . |
| 4 | It smelt strange in here but I were n't sure if it was my fish paste sandwich or not ! |
| 5 | I felt a bit sorry for 'im once , so I sent 'im over a bird but 'e were n't 'aving none of it . |
| 6 | I felt a bit sorry for 'im once , so I sent 'im over a bird but 'e were n't 'aving none of it . |
| 7 | He said it as if books were some terrible bore which everybody had to put up with but which were n't of the slightest use . |
| 8 | Respondents were asked to describe how they would like to expand their training programmes : this elicited needs that libraries perceived as significant but which were not being satisfied , and information about the factors that they felt were preventing them from undertaking ‘ enough ’ training . |
| 9 | However , many of these dogs have not complied with other sections of the law , such as neutering , and more than 600 are no longer alive — including over 100 puppies which were conceived before the Dangerous Dogs Act came into force , but which were not allowed to be sold or given away after the legislation was introduced . |
| 10 | Conciliation and compromise were other important indigenous principles that carried official sanction in pre-British times but which were not accommodated by the formal institutions set up by the British . |
| 11 | Then I persuaded Vernon Hunt , who was Chief Inspector at that time , of the desirability of publishing information about those accidents on which £e had a great deal of information but which were not made the subject of a formal investigation . |
| 12 | In 1781 the French astronomer Charles Messier drew up a catalogue of them , containing over a hundred entries , not because he was interested in them ( quite the contrary ! ) but because he was a comet-hunter , and he was persistently misled by fuzzy objects which looked like comets but which were not . |
| 13 | Even more widespread was extra spending by carers on items and services which were needed by the disabled or elderly person , but which were not covered by the financial contribution which the latter made to the household budget ( even when this included both retirement or invalidity pensions and disability benefits ) . |
| 14 | Its remit includes addressing the needs of businesses ineligible for either the Official List or the USM but which were not able to raise sufficient finance on a long-term basis elsewhere . |
| 15 | But you were not alone ! |
| 16 | ‘ But you were not sent into exile , or to work in the mines ? ’ |
| 17 | So you , you were in a sense equalizing land ownership but you were not equalizing incomes . |
| 18 | ‘ But you were n't supported and it did n't work … so what have you achieved ? ’ she asked sarcastically . |
| 19 | ‘ But you were n't , were you ? |
| 20 | ‘ I came to see you but you were n't in the yard . |
| 21 | ‘ But you were n't really involved , were you ? ’ |
| 22 | Timothy and I went to search for you , but you were n't there . " |
| 23 | She tried to ring you but you were n't in , said Esther . |
| 24 | ‘ But you were n't . ’ |
| 25 | They could n't tell you off for not turning off the lights but you were n't meant to be out of your dorm or even out of bed . |
| 26 | But you were n't allowed to come out the pit , I mean you had to wait until knocking off time you see , before you were come out , Anything like that I mean er unless you 've got broken legs or anything like that . |
| 27 | But you were n't very keen on that la |
| 28 | But you were n't at the Newleys ’ party , were you ? |
| 29 | Was there any reason why your brother was sent to a boarding school but you were n't ? |
| 30 | But you were n't there , so I left a message with your Miss Philimore . |