Example sentences of "was [adv] [coord] [not/n't] " in BNC.

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1 Trippy was in and not at all surprised to see me ; but then , very little can surprise Trippy any more .
2 But the only person who could tell us whether Connon was in or not is Mary Connon , and she 's dead . ’
3 He was down but not out .
4 This was largely but not exclusively an obsession of Congregationalists , much as it had been of mediaeval bishops .
5 But I was through and not stuck in the dreadful clutch of metal links , not grasped by debris , not drowning without any chance of rescue .
6 The functional outcome in patients over 50 was slightly but not significantly inferior to the outcome in the younger patients .
7 I was the one who was here and not a sign of him — you can speak for me — ‘
8 things went from bad to worse then as United defender Colin Andreson got sent off … for a challenge that was late but not as bad as it looked … ref had different thoughts
9 things went from bad to worse then as United defender Colin Andreson got sent off … for a challenge that was late but not as bad as it looked … ref had different thoughts
10 It was there but not there .
11 The revelation was there but not everybody had eyes to see it .
12 I would n't have been able to see that gateway , so I ca n't say whether she was there or not , at five . ’
13 I did n't know if Russell was there or not .
14 ‘ I always felt close to Freddie in the studio , whether he was there or not , because we worked together so intensively over the years .
15 I always felt close to Freddie in the studio , whether he was there or not , because we worked together so intensively over the years
16 ‘ I do n't know if she was there or not .
17 And so er whether the trolls keened he was there or not I do n't ken but he he was watching this all the all the dancing .
18 ‘ We worked out a rough stopping position , whether Michael was there or not , ’ said Boyle .
19 And every evening I 'd cook something like meat , baked potato and vegetables , whether was there or not .
20 The absent members will not know whether I was there or not !
21 No I did n't realise I was n't sure whether it was there or not .
22 At first , I had no sense of being there , or rather , I was there and not there at the same time , a sort of annihilation of the ego .
23 And I could n't bear the way she was there and not there , the way I was present to her and yet not present .
24 The new Government was principally but not exclusively a Unionist one .
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